Southfield, MI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Southfield, MI Summary

Crime in Southfield research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Southfield 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 Southfield:

  • There were 2,198 total crimes committed in Southfield in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,913.0 total crimes per 100K people in Southfield.
  • The overall crime rate in Southfield is 37.46% above the national average.
  • Southfield ranks #342 safest out of 390 cities in Michigan.
  • Southfield ranks #8,504 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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Southfield Vs Michigan And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Southfield is 2,913.0 per 100,000 people. That's 37.46% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 60.66% higher than the Michigan total crime rate of 1,813.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Southfield
/ 100k People
Michigan
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,198 2,913.0 1,813.2 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.3 5.2 5.0
Robbery 30 39.8 31.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 296 392.3 341.3 256.0
Violent Crime 372 493.0 434.3 359.0
Burglary 306 405.5 184.2 229.0
Larceny 1,107 1,467.1 963.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 413 547.4 231.0 259.0
Property Crime 1,826 2,420.0 1,378.9 1,760.0

Southfield 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 Southfield

372
Violent Crimes
493.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
37.33%
Above The National Average
  • There were 372 violent crimes in Southfield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Southfield is 493.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 202.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Southfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 230.2 chance statewide.
  • That's 37.33% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 13.51% higher than the Michigan violent crime rate of 434.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Southfield

1,826
Property Crimes
2,420.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
37.50%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,826 property crimes in Southfield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Southfield is 2,420.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 41.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Southfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 37.50% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 75.51% higher than the Michigan property crime rate of 1,378.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Southfield

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cambridge, MA 120,447 3,711 3,081.0 2,644.3 436.7
Brockton, MA 106,650 2,074 1,944.7 1,345.5 599.2
Quincy, MA 103,550 1,727 1,667.8 1,332.7 335.1
Newton, MA 89,935 583 648.2 599.3 48.9
Somerville, MA 81,766 1,570 1,920.1 1,698.8 221.4
Brookline, MA 64,122 638 995.0 895.2 99.8
Needham, MA 32,779 229 698.6 646.8 51.9
Milton, MA 28,832 177 613.9 561.9 52.0
Dedham, MA 25,355 405 1,597.3 1,325.2 272.1
Hingham, MA 24,620 229 930.1 804.2 125.9

Southfield SnackAbility

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