Lincoln Park Post Office · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Lincoln Park records more violent crime per head than 92% of U.S. towns
Taking everything together, Lincoln Park scores D (#224 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Next door, 4 of 5 towns with figures record less crime per resident. The local count comes to 6.3 violent crimes and 17.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 5.4 and 17.5 in the rest of 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 Lincoln Park
4 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Michigan towns on Lincoln Park’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Wyandotte (B), Allen Park (C+), Melvindale (C), Southgate (C−), Detroit (D−). Ecorse reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lincoln 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 | Lincoln Park | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lincoln Park’s police reported 727 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.3 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 Lincoln 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 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Lincoln Park property | Rest of Michigan property | Lincoln Park violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.2 | 18.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 19.1 | 19.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
878 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.
238 violent and 640 property, as reported to the FBI by Lincoln Park’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Lincoln Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Lincoln Park had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 5.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Lincoln Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park | D | 6.3 | 17.8 |
| Wyandotte | B | 2.1 | 8.1 |
| Ecorse | — | — | — |
| Detroit | D− | 18.2 | 43.0 |
| Allen Park | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Melvindale | C | 3.7 | 12.5 |
| Southgate | C− | 4.1 | 18.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ecorse reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park | D | 6.3 | 17.8 |
| Orion Township | A | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Independence Township | A− | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| Midland | B+ | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| Holland | C+ | 3.3 | 12.4 |
| Pittsfield Township | C | 2.7 | 19.3 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Lincoln Park’s population (38,529), 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (38,449 in 2025); our figure for Lincoln Park is 38,529 (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 Lincoln Park
Is Lincoln Park, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lincoln Park reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #224 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 6.3 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 Lincoln Park?
6.3 violent and 17.8 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.
How many homicides were there in Lincoln Park in 2025?
Lincoln Park’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 Lincoln Park safer than Wyandotte?
Wyandotte reports less crime per resident than Lincoln Park: Wyandotte grades B for safety and Lincoln Park D. Wyandotte’s police reported 2.1 violent and 8.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lincoln Park?
Lincoln Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lincoln 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.