Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Inkster reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Inkster’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #242 of 266 graded towns in Michigan.
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 Inkster
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 Michigan towns on Inkster’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Dearborn Heights (C), Westland (C−). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Inkster’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
Inkster’s police reported 783 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 10.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Inkster | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.3 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 10.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 10.3 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 17 property crimes reported
And about 10 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
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| Year | Inkster property | Rest of Michigan property | Inkster violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 11.0 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 21.2 | 19.4 | 10.3 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 18.7 | 17.4 | 10.7 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 17.4 | 15.6 | 10.3 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
690 crimes reported in 2025
257 violent and 433 property, as reported to the FBI by Inkster’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
14 people died in crashes on Inkster’s roads in 2019–2023
Inkster had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 5 were pedestrians.
That is 11.0 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.
Inkster and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inkster | D | 10.4 | 19.1 |
| Westland | C− | 4.6 | 13.9 |
| Dearborn Heights | C | 4.2 | 13.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inkster | D | 10.4 | 19.1 |
| Wyandotte | B | 2.1 | 8.1 |
| Norton Shores | C | 2.3 | 18.7 |
| Walker | C− | 2.3 | 24.7 |
| Blackman Township | C− | 2.7 | 25.1 |
| Romulus | D | 8.7 | 21.6 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Inkster’s population (24,959), by grade.
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 Inkster. 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 Inkster’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,895 in 2025); our figure for Inkster is 24,959 (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 Inkster
Is Inkster, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Inkster reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #242 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 10.4 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 Inkster?
10.4 violent and 19.1 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.
Is crime going up or down in Inkster?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Inkster safer than Westland?
Westland reports less crime per resident than Inkster: Westland grades C− for safety and Inkster D. Westland’s police reported 4.6 violent and 13.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Inkster?
Inkster’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Inkster”. 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.