Detroit Finnish Co-operative Summer Camp · Photo: Elena Dagg · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Wixom fell 31% from 2023 to 2025
All 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Wixom’s letter overall is B (#128 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 1.6 violent crimes and 10.2 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 Wixom
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Michigan towns on Wixom’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Lyon Township (A), Commerce Township (A−), Novi (B+). Milford Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Wixom has 15,234 jobs based in town for 17,313 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 Wixom’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Wixom property | Rest of Michigan property | Wixom violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.0 | 18.7 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 12.3 | 19.4 | 1.9 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 9.7 | 17.4 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 8.8 | 15.6 | 1.1 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Wixom | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Wixom’s police reported 83 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 Wixom 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
173 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.
19 violent and 154 property, as reported to the FBI by Wixom’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Wixom’s roads in 2019–2023
Wixom had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Wixom’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Wixom’s own rate (2.3) 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.
Wixom and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wixom | B | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Commerce Township | A− | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Novi | B+ | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| Lyon Township | A | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Milford Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Milford Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wixom | B | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Trenton | A− | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| Huron Township | B− | 2.9 | 5.3 |
| Muskegon Township | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| Grandville | D | 2.7 | 31.8 |
| Wayne | D | 7.1 | 15.0 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Wixom’s population (17,313), 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 Wixom. 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 Wixom’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,571 in 2025); our figure for Wixom is 17,313 (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 Wixom
Is Wixom, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Wixom reports less crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #128 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.6 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 Wixom?
1.6 violent and 10.2 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.
Is Wixom safer than Commerce Township?
Commerce Township reports less crime per resident than Wixom: Commerce Township grades A− for safety and Wixom B. Commerce Township’s police reported 0.6 violent and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Wixom?
Wixom’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wixom”. 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.