Data and analytics website Niche has released its 2026 Crime and Safety grades for metro Detroit, ranking communities from safest to least safe.
The grades are based on FBI crime data and CDC health statistics, combined with resident survey responses.
No metro community scored a C or lower. Here is the full list:
A+
Lake Angelus
A
Clarkston
Grosse Pointe Shores
A-
Addison Township
Bloomfield Hills
Grosse Ile Township
Milford
Northville
Oakland Township
Rochester
Romeo
South Lyon
B+
Berkley
Grosse Pointe Park
Huntington Woods
New Baltimore
Oxford
Plymouth
Plymouth Township
Rockwood
Wolverine Lake
B
Belleville
Beverly Hills
Birmingham
Brighton
Chesterfield Township
Clawson
Commerce Township
Farmington
Flat Rock
Franklin
Gibraltar
Green Oak Township
Grosse Pointe Farms
Lake Orion
Milan
Northville Township
Novi
Orchard Lake Village
Oxford Township
Rochester Hills
Royal Oak
Sylvan Lake
Troy
Walled Lake
West Bloomfield Township
White Lake Township
Woodhaven
B-
Allen Park
Brownstown Township
Canton Township
Farmington Hills
Ferndale
Fraser
Grosse Pointe
Grosse Pointe Woods
Lathrup Village
Orion Township
Pittsfield Charter Township
Saline
Sterling Heights
St. Clair Shores
Trenton
Utica
Van Buren Township
Wixom
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