Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Highland Park records more crime than almost every U.S. town
It has more violent crime than 100% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 96%. Out of every 1,000 residents, 24.9 violent crimes and 41.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 5.4 and 17.4 in the rest of Michigan. Its letter for safety is D−, worked out from crimes Highland Park’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #263 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. The crimes the grade counts rose 29% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
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 Highland Park
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Highland Park’s 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Highland Park | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.3 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 18.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 30.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 26.6 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Highland Park’s police reported 624 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 24.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Highland Park property | Rest of Michigan property | Highland Park violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.3 | 18.7 | 20.3 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 37.0 | 19.4 | 18.1 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 42.9 | 17.3 | 30.2 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 44.3 | 15.6 | 26.6 | 5.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
Crime in Highland 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 about 27 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
586 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.
220 violent and 366 property, as reported to the FBI by Highland Park’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Highland Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Highland Park had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 23.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 309 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.
Highland Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park | D− | 24.9 | 41.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park | D− | 24.9 | 41.4 |
| Raisin Township | A | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| Flushing | A− | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| Mason | B− | 2.3 | 7.6 |
| Menominee | C | 4.0 | 10.9 |
| Lansing Township | D− | 7.8 | 42.7 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Highland Park’s population (8,248), 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 Highland 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 Highland Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,256 in 2025); our figure for Highland Park is 8,248 (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 Highland Park
Is Highland Park, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Highland Park reports more crime per resident than 100% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #263 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 24.9 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 Highland Park?
24.9 violent and 41.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Highland Park?
Highland Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Highland 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.