Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Farmington Hills records less property crime per head than three in five U.S. towns
4 of the 6 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Even so, the rate the grade counts dropped 28% from 2023 to 2025. Farmington Hills’s overall Safety Grade is B (#114 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 1.7 violent crimes and 8.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Michigan they are 5.5 and 17.6.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MI” is every other Michigan city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Farmington Hills
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Michigan towns on Farmington Hills’ borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Farmington (A−), Bloomfield Township (A−), West Bloomfield Township (A−), Novi (B+), Livonia (C+), Southfield (D). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Farmington Hills has 61,653 jobs based in town for 83,291 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Farmington Hills’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Farmington Hills property | Rest of Michigan property | Farmington Hills violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.6 | 18.8 | 1.4 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 11.3 | 19.5 | 1.6 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 7.8 | 15.7 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Farmington Hills | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Farmington Hills’ police reported 412 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.5 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Farmington Hills per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
777 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
119 violent and 658 property, as reported to the FBI by Farmington Hills’ police.
27 people died in crashes on Farmington Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Farmington Hills had 25 fatal crashes in five years, in which 27 people died; 10 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 9 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.3, 77 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Farmington Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington Hills | B | 1.7 | 8.6 |
| Farmington | A− | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| West Bloomfield Township | A− | 1.0 | 5.1 |
| Livonia | C+ | 2.3 | 13.3 |
| Southfield | D | 5.4 | 25.0 |
| Novi | B+ | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| Bloomfield Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington Hills | B | 1.7 | 8.6 |
| Shelby Township | B+ | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| Troy | B | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Westland | C− | 4.6 | 13.9 |
| Wyoming | C− | 4.7 | 22.2 |
| Flint | D | 12.2 | 13.4 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Farmington Hills’ population (83,291), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Farmington Hills. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Farmington Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (84,262 in 2025); our figure for Farmington Hills is 83,291 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Farmington Hills
Is Farmington Hills, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Farmington Hills reports less crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #114 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.5 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Farmington Hills?
1.7 violent and 8.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.5 and 17.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Farmington Hills in 2025?
Farmington Hills’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Farmington Hills safer than Farmington?
Farmington reports less crime per resident than Farmington Hills: Farmington grades A− for safety and Farmington Hills B. Farmington’s police reported 0.9 violent and 4.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Farmington Hills?
Farmington Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Farmington Hills”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.