Romulus, MI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Romulus, MI Summary

Crime in Romulus research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Romulus over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Romulus:

  • There were 723 total crimes committed in Romulus in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,943.0 total crimes per 100K people in Romulus.
  • The overall crime rate in Romulus is 38.87% above the national average.
  • Romulus ranks #346 safest out of 390 cities in Michigan.
  • Romulus ranks #8,531 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Romulus Vs Michigan And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Romulus is 2,943.0 per 100,000 people. That's 38.87% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 62.31% higher than the Michigan total crime rate of 1,813.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Romulus
/ 100k People
Michigan
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 723 2,943.0 1,813.2 2,119.2
Murder 2 8.1 5.2 5.0
Robbery 24 97.7 31.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 173 704.2 341.3 256.0
Violent Crime 216 879.2 434.3 359.0
Burglary 53 215.7 184.2 229.0
Larceny 331 1,347.3 963.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 123 500.7 231.0 259.0
Property Crime 507 2,063.7 1,378.9 1,760.0

Romulus Crime Compared To Michigan Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Michigan.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Romulus

216
Violent Crimes
879.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
144.91%
Above The National Average
  • There were 216 violent crimes in Romulus in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Romulus is 879.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 113.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Romulus each year. That compares to a 1 in 230.2 chance statewide.
  • That's 144.91% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 102.43% higher than the Michigan violent crime rate of 434.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Romulus

507
Property Crimes
2,063.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
17.26%
Above The National Average
  • There were 507 property crimes in Romulus in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Romulus is 2,063.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 48.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Romulus each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 17.26% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 49.67% higher than the Michigan property crime rate of 1,378.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Romulus

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Ann Arbor, MI 118,025 2,382 2,018.2 1,715.7 302.5
Livonia, MI 91,189 1,359 1,490.3 1,262.2 228.1
Farmington Hills, MI 82,116 722 879.2 680.7 198.5
Westland, MI 81,727 1,475 1,804.8 1,355.7 449.1
Novi, MI 66,366 501 754.9 655.5 99.4
Taylor, MI 60,602 1,730 2,854.7 2,016.4 838.3
Dearborn Heights, MI 60,148 1,021 1,697.5 1,238.6 458.9
Southgate, MI 28,702 707 2,463.2 2,017.3 446.0
Allen Park, MI 27,193 541 1,989.5 1,750.5 239.0
Inkster, MI 24,751 728 2,941.3 1,866.6 1,074.7

Romulus SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
8
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