What is the crime rate in Wayne, MI?

In 2025, the Wayne Police Department reported 100 violent crimes and 220 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 588 violent and 1,294 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,003 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: 588
Property per 100,000: 1,294
Violent crimes: 100
Property crimes: 220

Crime reported by the Wayne 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	148	860	335	1,947	17,203
2024	119	705	226	1,338	16,891
2025	100	588	220	1,294	17,003

Violent crimes reported went from 148 in 2023 to 100 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 335 in 2023 to 220 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.

Wayne against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wayne	588	1,294
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 Wayne, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wayne	—	588	1,294
Westland	2.9 mi	424	1,203
Inkster	3.7 mi	1,032	1,751
Romulus	3.9 mi	852	1,976
Garden City	4.1 mi	332	737
Canton Charter Township	5.4 mi	196	1,031
Van Buren Charter Township	6.3 mi	320	1,624
Dearborn Heights	6.5 mi	386	1,260
Belleville	7.1 mi	208	884

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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