Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Reported crime per resident in Novi fell 33% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Novi grades B+ for safety (#70 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Novi
3 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Michigan towns on Novi’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Lyon Township (A), Northville (A−), Northville Township (A−), Walled Lake (B+), Farmington Hills (B), Wixom (B). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Novi has 41,020 jobs based in town for 67,319 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Novi’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Novi property | Rest of Michigan property | Novi violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.4 | 18.8 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 8.6 | 19.5 | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 6.6 | 17.5 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 15.7 | 1.0 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Novi’s police reported 195 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.5 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Novi | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
432 crimes reported in 2025
66 violent and 366 property, as reported to the FBI by Novi’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Eight people died in crashes on Novi’s roads in 2019–2023
Novi had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is fewer than is typical for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Novi’s size would see about 18 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Novi’s own rate (2.4) 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.
Novi and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novi | B+ | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| Wixom | B | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Walled Lake | B+ | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| Northville | A− | 0.7 | 6.5 |
| Lyon Township | A | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Farmington Hills | B | 1.7 | 8.6 |
| Northville Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novi | B+ | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| West Bloomfield Township | A− | 1.0 | 5.1 |
| Waterford Township | B− | 2.6 | 7.5 |
| Taylor | D | 7.7 | 19.8 |
| Pontiac | D | 9.6 | 16.4 |
| Kalamazoo | D− | 12.0 | 35.0 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Novi’s population (67,319), 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 Novi. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Novi’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (68,068 in 2025); our figure for Novi is 67,319 (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 Novi
Is Novi, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Novi reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #70 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.5 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Novi?
1.0 violent and 6.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.5 and 17.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Novi?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Novi in 2025?
Novi’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 Novi safer than Wixom?
Wixom reports more crime per resident than Novi: Wixom grades B for safety and Novi B+. Wixom’s police reported 1.6 violent and 10.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Novi?
Novi’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Novi”. 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.