What is the crime rate in Romulus, MI?

In 2025, the Romulus Police Department reported 209 violent crimes and 485 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 852 violent and 1,976 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,542 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: 852
Property per 100,000: 1,976
Violent crimes: 209
Property crimes: 485

Crime reported by the Romulus 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	224	894	618	2,466	25,063
2024	218	887	516	2,100	24,567
2025	209	852	485	1,976	24,542

Violent crimes reported went from 224 in 2023 to 209 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 618 in 2023 to 485 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.

Romulus against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Romulus	852	1,976
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 Romulus, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Romulus	—	852	1,976
Wayne	3.9 mi	588	1,294
Taylor	5.0 mi	749	1,927
Inkster	5.4 mi	1,032	1,751
Huron Charter Township	5.5 mi	309	551
Van Buren Charter Township	6.1 mi	320	1,624
Belleville	6.2 mi	208	884
Westland	6.6 mi	424	1,203
Garden City	7.1 mi	332	737

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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