What is the crime rate in Southgate, MI?

In 2025, the Southgate Police Department reported 108 violent crimes and 431 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 374 violent and 1,492 property crimes per 100,000 of the 28,880 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: 374
Property per 100,000: 1,492
Violent crimes: 108
Property crimes: 431

Crime reported by the Southgate 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	121	410	589	1,994	29,539
2024	128	446	579	2,017	28,702
2025	108	374	431	1,492	28,880

Violent crimes reported went from 121 in 2023 to 108 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 589 in 2023 to 431 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.

Southgate against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Southgate	374	1,492
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 Southgate, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Southgate	—	374	1,492
Riverview	2.2 mi	218	781
Wyandotte	2.5 mi	171	674
Lincoln Park	2.9 mi	619	1,670
Taylor	3.5 mi	749	1,927
Allen Park	3.8 mi	183	1,552
Trenton	4.5 mi	62	460
Ecorse	4.6 mi	1,321	2,861
Woodhaven	5.1 mi	168	1,616

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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