Photo: PeRshGo · CC BY-SA 4.0For violent crime, Westland trails 86% of U.S. towns per resident
For every 1,000 residents, 4.6 violent crimes and 13.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Michigan, the figures are 5.4 and 17.5. Next door, 4 of 6 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Westland’s Safety Grade, C− (#197 of 266 graded towns in Michigan), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 25% 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 Westland
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Michigan towns on Westland’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Canton Township (B−), Garden City (B−), Livonia (C+), Dearborn Heights (C), Wayne (D), Inkster (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 Westland’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. Its property rate (13.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Westland property | Rest of Michigan property | Westland violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.9 | 18.8 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 16.1 | 19.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 13.6 | 17.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 11.9 | 15.6 | 4.2 | 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.
Crime in Westland 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Westland | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Westland’s police reported 1,146 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,320 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.
346 violent and 974 property, as reported to the FBI by Westland’s police.
18 people died in crashes on Westland’s roads in 2019–2023
Westland had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists.
That is 4.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Westland and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westland | C− | 4.6 | 13.9 |
| Garden City | B− | 2.7 | 7.9 |
| Wayne | D | 7.1 | 15.0 |
| Canton Township | B− | 1.9 | 10.5 |
| Inkster | D | 10.4 | 19.1 |
| Dearborn Heights | C | 4.2 | 13.6 |
| Livonia | C+ | 2.3 | 13.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westland | C− | 4.6 | 13.9 |
| Rochester Hills | A− | 0.7 | 6.4 |
| Shelby Township | B+ | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| Farmington Hills | B | 1.7 | 8.6 |
| Wyoming | C− | 4.7 | 22.2 |
| Flint | D | 12.2 | 13.4 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Westland’s population (82,333), 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 Westland. 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 Westland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (82,161 in 2025); our figure for Westland is 82,333 (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 Westland
Is Westland, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Westland reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #197 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 4.6 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 Westland?
4.6 violent and 13.9 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 Westland in 2025?
Westland’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Westland safer than Garden City?
Garden City reports less crime per resident than Westland: Garden City grades B− for safety and Westland C−. Garden City’s police reported 2.7 violent and 7.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Westland?
Westland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Westland”. 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.