William and Margot Kessler House · Photo: Balthazar Korab · CC BY-SA 4.0Grosse Pointe Park has less violent crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 39% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Grosse Pointe Park’s overall Safety Grade is B (#123 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 0.4 violent crime and 14.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 5.4 and 17.5 in the rest of Michigan. Its two neighbors with figures both record more crime per resident.
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 Grosse Pointe Park
Grosse Pointe Park reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Michigan towns on Grosse Pointe Park’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Grosse Pointe (C+), Detroit (D−). Neighbors ↓
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 Grosse Pointe Park’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Grosse Pointe Park’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Grosse Pointe Park property | Rest of Michigan property | Grosse Pointe Park violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.5 | 18.7 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 17.2 | 19.4 | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 15.6 | 0.4 | 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 | Grosse Pointe Park | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Grosse Pointe Park’s police reported 13 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Grosse Pointe Park 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
121 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.
4 violent and 117 property, as reported to the FBI by Grosse Pointe Park’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Grosse Pointe Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Grosse Pointe Park had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Grosse Pointe Park’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Grosse Pointe Park’s own rate (5.3) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Grosse Pointe Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grosse Pointe Park | B | 0.4 | 14.5 |
| Detroit | D− | 18.2 | 43.0 |
| Grosse Pointe | C+ | 1.2 | 18.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grosse Pointe Park | B | 0.4 | 14.5 |
| Farmington | A− | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| Clawson | B+ | 1.3 | 6.1 |
| Grand Haven | B− | 2.0 | 9.9 |
| Sumpter Township | B− | 3.0 | 6.1 |
| Sturgis | C− | 4.2 | 17.5 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Grosse Pointe Park’s population (11,095), 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 Grosse Pointe Park. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Grosse Pointe Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,060 in 2025); our figure for Grosse Pointe Park is 11,095 (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 Grosse Pointe Park
Is Grosse Pointe Park, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Grosse Pointe Park reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #123 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 0.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Grosse Pointe Park?
0.4 violent and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Grosse Pointe Park safer than Detroit?
Detroit reports more crime per resident than Grosse Pointe Park: Detroit grades D− for safety and Grosse Pointe Park B. Detroit’s police reported 18.2 violent and 43.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Grosse Pointe Park?
Grosse Pointe Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Grosse Pointe Park”. 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.