What is the crime rate in Royal Oak, MI?

In 2025, the Royal Oak Police Department reported 90 violent crimes and 435 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 154 violent and 746 property crimes per 100,000 of the 58,300 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: 154
Property per 100,000: 746
Violent crimes: 90
Property crimes: 435

Crime reported by the Royal Oak 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	90	157	539	942	57,233
2024	73	127	462	807	57,257
2025	90	154	435	746	58,300

Violent crimes reported went from 90 in 2023 to 90 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 539 in 2023 to 435 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.

Royal Oak against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Royal Oak	154	746
Oakland County	178	789
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 Royal Oak, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Royal Oak	—	154	746
Berkley	1.7 mi	85	417
Huntington Woods	1.9 mi	16	584
Clawson	2.0 mi	131	593
Pleasant Ridge	2.6 mi	76	306
Madison Heights	2.6 mi	293	1,325
Oak Park	3.3 mi	296	1,719
Ferndale	3.5 mi	200	1,945
Lathrup Village	3.9 mi	148	492

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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