What is the crime rate in Sterling Heights, MI?

In 2025, the Sterling Heights Police Department reported 296 violent crimes and 1,555 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 220 violent and 1,157 property crimes per 100,000 of the 134,402 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: 220
Property per 100,000: 1,157
Violent crimes: 296
Property crimes: 1,555

Crime reported by the Sterling Heights 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	222	168	1,476	1,120	131,801
2024	306	230	1,396	1,049	133,058
2025	296	220	1,555	1,157	134,402

Violent crimes reported went from 222 in 2023 to 296 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,476 in 2023 to 1,555 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.

Sterling Heights against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sterling Heights	220	1,157
Macomb County	274	1,068
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 Sterling Heights, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sterling Heights	—	220	1,157
Utica	3.3 mi	313	2,970
Fraser	5.2 mi	131	1,523
Clinton Charter Township	5.8 mi	321	1,204
Troy	5.9 mi	92	928
Warren	6.1 mi	497	1,371
Madison Heights	6.3 mi	293	1,325
Shelby Charter Township	6.4 mi	143	496
Clawson	6.8 mi	131	593

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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