Grosse Pointe has more property crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 26% from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 1.2 violent crimes and 18.3 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 5.4 and 17.5 in the rest of Michigan. Weighing it all, Grosse Pointe earns C+ for safety (#155 of 266 graded towns in Michigan), with more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. On top of that, of the 3 towns on its borders with figures, 2 record less 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
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Michigan towns on Grosse Pointe’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Grosse Pointe Farms (B), Grosse Pointe Park (B), 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’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’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Grosse Pointe property | Rest of Michigan property | Grosse Pointe violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.6 | 18.7 | 1.8 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 20.0 | 19.4 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 19.7 | 17.4 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 0.7 | 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 | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Grosse Pointe’s police reported 19 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 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 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.
88 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 84 property, as reported to the FBI by Grosse Pointe’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Grosse Pointe’s roads in 2019–2023
Grosse Pointe had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a cyclist.
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’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Grosse Pointe’s own rate (7.2) 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 and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grosse Pointe | C+ | 1.2 | 18.3 |
| Grosse Pointe Farms | B | 0.6 | 12.2 |
| Grosse Pointe Park | B | 0.4 | 14.5 |
| Detroit | D− | 18.2 | 43.0 |
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 | C+ | 1.2 | 18.3 |
| Denton Township | A− | 1.2 | 4.7 |
| Zeeland | B+ | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| Chelsea | B | 1.5 | 8.1 |
| Carrollton Township | C+ | 4.4 | 8.3 |
| Dowagiac | D | 6.3 | 31.1 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Grosse Pointe’s population (5,490), 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. 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’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,496 in 2025); our figure for Grosse Pointe is 5,490 (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
Is Grosse Pointe, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Grosse Pointe reports more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #155 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.2 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?
1.2 violent and 18.3 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 safer than Grosse Pointe Farms?
Grosse Pointe Farms reports less crime per resident than Grosse Pointe: Grosse Pointe Farms grades B for safety and Grosse Pointe C+. Grosse Pointe Farms’s police reported 0.6 violent and 12.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Grosse Pointe?
Grosse Pointe’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Grosse Pointe”. 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.