What is the crime rate in Melvindale, MI?

In 2025, the Melvindale Police Department reported 45 violent crimes and 128 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 366 violent and 1,041 property crimes per 100,000 of the 12,301 residents it serves.

Across Michigan the rates were 431 and 1,300.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 366
Property per 100,000: 1,041
Violent crimes: 45
Property crimes: 128

Crime reported by the Melvindale Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	58	463	196	1,563	12,539
2024	38	310	144	1,174	12,267
2025	45	366	128	1,041	12,301

Violent crimes reported went from 58 in 2023 to 45 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 196 in 2023 to 128 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Melvindale against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Melvindale	366	1,041
Wayne County	843	2,300
Michigan	431	1,300
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Melvindale, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Melvindale	—	366	1,041
Allen Park	2.0 mi	183	1,552
Lincoln Park	2.4 mi	619	1,670
Dearborn	2.8 mi	249	1,730
Ecorse	2.9 mi	1,321	2,861
Wyandotte	4.9 mi	171	674
Southgate	5.2 mi	374	1,492
Taylor	5.7 mi	749	1,927
Dearborn Heights	6.7 mi	386	1,260

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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