Still, the Detroit violent crime rate stands at about 20.07 per 1,000 residents, according to NeighborhoodScout—and that’s five times the national median of 4.0.

Detroit has struggled with high crime rates, particularly violent crime. FBI data for 2021 reported a violent crime rate of 1 ...

But with a population of 2.7 million people, about four times that of Detroit, Chicago's per capita crime rate was 1,105 crimes per 100,000 residents. Detroit's was twice that: 2,047.

The city is part of a national trend of declining rates of overall violent crime across the U.S. Detroit ended 2024 with about 203 homicides — down 49 from the year before and the fewest in the ...

For years, the Detroit crime rate was a grim national talking point, fueled by headlines about violence, and poverty, and a city stretched past its limits. But the story’s changing. From ...

Detroit has been celebrating a remarkable decline in crime lately, reporting fewer criminal homicides in 2023 than in any year since 1966. Non-fatal shootings were also down year over year; so ...

WalletHub report names Detroit the most stressed city in the US, highlighting economic, crime, and health issues.

Crime in Detroit is declining again. Nearly all major categories of crime decreased in the first six months of this year. Murder, sexual assault and robberies, were all down — by double digits ...

Detroit in 2020 had a rate of 2,248.4 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, behind only Memphis, ... Chicago's violent crime rate rose from 943.16 per 100,000 people in 2019 to 967.9 in 2020, ...

Detroit recorded 327 criminal homicides in 2020, up 19% from 274 in 2019, according to police statistics, and nonfatal shootings rose as well ...

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan gave his 11th State of the City address Wednesday night. In his speech at Dexter Avenue's Baptist Church, he discussed how much Detroit has changed over the past ten years.