Neighborhoods
Safest & Most Dangerous Detroit Neighborhoods
Where Detroit is most stable, and where the serious reports concentrate.
186Neighborhoods graded
45%Graded A or B
Overview
How Detroit neighborhoods compare
No city's reputation diverges from its block-level reality quite like Detroit's. Stable historic enclaves and a resurgent downtown sit within the same boundaries as districts still recovering from decades of population loss, so the specific neighborhood tells you nearly everything.
Lowest crime
Safest neighborhoods in Detroit
Historic and stable areas such as Indian Village, Palmer Woods, Sherwood Forest, Rosedale Park, and the downtown and Midtown cores tend to post the strongest grades, with serious crime well below the city average.
| # | Neighborhood | Grade | Population | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belle Isle | A | 6 | $100,000 |
| 2 | Sherwood Forest | A- | 1,115 | $107,134 |
| 3 | Rosedale | A- | 13,756 | $84,218 |
| 4 | McNichols Evergreen | A- | 435 | $79,471 |
| 5 | Belmont | A- | 2,186 | $41,950 |
| 6 | Carbon Works | B+ | 778 | $25,416 |
| 7 | Michigan / Martin | B+ | 2,059 | $30,317 |
| 8 | Claytown | B+ | 18,154 | $33,053 |
| 9 | Oakwood Heights | B+ | 1,056 | $36,282 |
| 10 | University District | B+ | 3,158 | $103,217 |
| 11 | Nortown | B+ | 3,041 | $40,273 |
| 12 | Mohican Regent | B+ | 2,967 | $58,708 |
Highest crime
Highest-crime neighborhoods in Detroit
The highest concentrations of violent and property reports appear in several east- and west-side districts where vacancy, disinvestment, and concentrated commercial corridors overlap.
| # | Neighborhood | Grade | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglass | F | 518 |
| 2 | Northwest Goldberg | F | 1,260 |
| 3 | Elmwood Park | F | 6,400 |
| 4 | Herman Kiefer | F | 1,111 |
| 5 | Jeffries | F | 1,306 |
| 6 | Forest Park | F | 928 |
| 7 | Eastern Market | F | 1,137 |
| 8 | Milwaukee Junction | F | 541 |
| 9 | Elijah McCoy | F | 1,257 |
| 10 | Detroit Golf Club | F+ | 820 |
| 11 | Medical Center | F+ | 1,503 |
| 12 | New Center Commons | F+ | 1,200 |
Full ranking
All Detroit neighborhoods, safest to highest-crime
Every graded neighborhood. Tap any name for its own map, grade and recent incidents.
| # | Neighborhood | Grade | Population | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belle Isle | A | 6 | $100,000 |
| 2 | Sherwood Forest | A- | 1,115 | $107,134 |
| 3 | Rosedale | A- | 13,756 | $84,218 |
| 4 | McNichols Evergreen | A- | 435 | $79,471 |
| 5 | Belmont | A- | 2,186 | $41,950 |
| 6 | Carbon Works | B+ | 778 | $25,416 |
| 7 | Michigan / Martin | B+ | 2,059 | $30,317 |
| 8 | Claytown | B+ | 18,154 | $33,053 |
| 9 | Oakwood Heights | B+ | 1,056 | $36,282 |
| 10 | University District | B+ | 3,158 | $103,217 |
| 11 | Nortown | B+ | 3,041 | $40,273 |
| 12 | Mohican Regent | B+ | 2,967 | $58,708 |
| 13 | Miller Grove | B+ | 1,419 | $50,799 |
| 14 | Grandmont | B+ | 2,336 | $89,991 |
| 15 | Pulaski | B+ | 5,130 | $35,779 |
| 16 | South of Six | B+ | 1,217 | $41,854 |
| 17 | Denby | B+ | 2,939 | $46,307 |
| 18 | Southfield / Plymouth | B+ | 682 | $46,336 |
| 19 | O'Hair Park | B+ | 5,395 | $54,978 |
| 20 | Evergreen / Outer Drive | B+ | 6,381 | $55,909 |
| 21 | Greenfield / Grand River | B+ | 2,511 | $44,544 |
| 22 | Paveway | B+ | 699 | $33,619 |
| 23 | Greenwich | B+ | 1,838 | $85,040 |
| 24 | Indian Village | B+ | 1,089 | $81,014 |
| 25 | The Eye | B | 1,923 | $48,670 |
| 26 | Central Southwest | B | 16,274 | $32,463 |
| 27 | Warrendale | B | 18,421 | $39,329 |
| 28 | Warren Avenue Community | B | 8,411 | $33,015 |
| 29 | East English Village | B | 4,958 | $64,900 |
| 30 | Delray | B | 1,861 | $42,862 |
| 31 | Springwells | B | 13,951 | $33,681 |
| 32 | Moross / Morang | B | 6,597 | $46,001 |
| 33 | Martin Park | B | 4,101 | $53,040 |
| 34 | Regent Park | B | 9,994 | $47,754 |
| 35 | Eliza Howell | B | 1,123 | $56,396 |
| 36 | Morningside | B | 11,880 | $50,647 |
| 37 | Mt. Olivet | B | 2,726 | $48,558 |
| 38 | Weatherby | B | 1,885 | $39,833 |
| 39 | Grant | B | 2,865 | $38,511 |
| 40 | Plymouth / Interstate 96 | B | 1,516 | $54,077 |
| 41 | Butler | B | 2,047 | $47,848 |
| 42 | Von Steuben | B | 5,262 | $37,635 |
| 43 | Farwell | B | 7,104 | $44,290 |
| 44 | Mapleridge | B | 7,277 | $41,220 |
| 45 | Pershing | B | 2,553 | $53,675 |
| 46 | Old Redford | B | 3,651 | $56,332 |
| 47 | Outer Drive / Hayes | B | 9,557 | $36,966 |
| 48 | Evergreen | B | 6,828 | $47,781 |
| 49 | Wade | B | 3,140 | $41,849 |
| 50 | Eden Gardens | B | 3,688 | $44,060 |
| 51 | Marina District | B | 249 | $81,316 |
| 52 | Hubbell / Puritan | B | 3,089 | $43,843 |
| 53 | Plymouth / Hubbell | B | 4,831 | $43,284 |
| 54 | Crary / St. Marys | B | 7,783 | $52,916 |
| 55 | Greenfield | B | 6,685 | $41,754 |
| 56 | Pingree Park | B | 1,829 | $47,698 |
| 57 | College Park | B | 6,132 | $46,425 |
| 58 | Northwest Community | B | 1,010 | $40,187 |
| 59 | Winship | B | 5,342 | $53,826 |
| 60 | Schoolcraft Southfield | B | 5,821 | $44,794 |
| 61 | Bagley | B | 11,224 | $60,938 |
| 62 | Harmony Village | B | 3,628 | $45,721 |
| 63 | Schulze | B | 7,030 | $46,024 |
| 64 | McDowell | B | 1,879 | $46,418 |
| 65 | Tri - Point | B | 435 | $56,890 |
| 66 | Cornerstone Village | B- | 8,085 | $51,830 |
| 67 | Airport | B- | 8,011 | $32,962 |
| 68 | Old Redford | B- | 400 | $42,875 |
| 69 | Melvern Hill | B- | 528 | $42,874 |
| 70 | Westwood Park | B- | 779 | $36,629 |
| 71 | Sherwood | B- | 2,367 | $36,632 |
| 72 | Conner Creek | B- | 5,526 | $33,015 |
| 73 | Franklin | B- | 3,213 | $38,728 |
| 74 | Historic Atkinson | B- | 431 | $56,109 |
| 75 | Franklin Park | B- | 10,256 | $40,740 |
| 76 | Yorkshire Woods | B- | 4,247 | $45,805 |
| 77 | LaSalle College Park | B- | 3,113 | $45,031 |
| 78 | Ravendale | B- | 1,257 | $41,176 |
| 79 | Cadillac Community | B- | 672 | $39,540 |
| 80 | Grandale | B- | 5,280 | $33,914 |
| 81 | We Care Community | B- | 2,221 | $36,886 |
| 82 | Schaefer 7/8 Lodge | B- | 4,193 | $57,352 |
| 83 | Davison / Schoolcraft | B- | 2,155 | $29,862 |
| 84 | Castle Rouge | C+ | 1,938 | $59,439 |
| 85 | Five Points | C+ | 3,062 | $54,231 |
| 86 | Boynton | C+ | 6,763 | $42,372 |
| 87 | Holcomb Community | C+ | 5,831 | $33,193 |
| 88 | Fiskorn | C+ | 1,843 | $37,351 |
| 89 | Gateway Community | C+ | 2,495 | $40,252 |
| 90 | Pride Area Community | C+ | 1,435 | $29,111 |
| 91 | Gratiot Town / Ketterring | C+ | 2,199 | $32,282 |
| 92 | Fitzgerald / Marygrove | C+ | 8,723 | $42,245 |
| 93 | Bethune Community | C | 9,929 | $41,266 |
| 94 | Hubbell / Lyndon | C | 3,427 | $35,928 |
| 95 | Littlefield Community | C | 2,006 | $35,912 |
| 96 | Chalfonte | C | 2,755 | $40,396 |
| 97 | Hubbard Farms | C | 1,430 | $18,181 |
| 98 | Chadsey Condon | C | 5,598 | $34,173 |
| 99 | West Side Industrial | C | 944 | $41,942 |
| 100 | Boston Edison | C | 2,351 | $71,718 |
| 101 | Pilgrim Village | C | 3,792 | $34,489 |
| 102 | Russell Woods | C- | 2,281 | $53,364 |
| 103 | Oakgrove | C- | 1,659 | $48,787 |
| 104 | Barton / McFarland | C- | 9,696 | $44,342 |
| 105 | Blackstone Park | C- | 1,987 | $42,365 |
| 106 | Krainz Woods | C- | 3,245 | $30,767 |
| 107 | Grand River / Interstate 96 | C- | 4,095 | $41,018 |
| 108 | Gratiot Woods | C- | 2,617 | $34,821 |
| 109 | Dexter / Fenkell | C- | 927 | $25,149 |
| 110 | East Canfield | C- | 754 | $21,103 |
| 111 | Conant Gardens | C- | 1,143 | $43,367 |
| 112 | Poletown East | C- | 1,859 | $36,374 |
| 113 | Brightmoor | C- | 8,992 | $31,858 |
| 114 | Hubbard Richard | C- | 198 | $27,357 |
| 115 | Jefferson Chalmers | C- | 5,667 | $33,413 |
| 116 | Seven Mile / Rouge | C- | 2,933 | $40,234 |
| 117 | Piety Hill | C- | 1,950 | $33,012 |
| 118 | Joy / Schaefer | C- | 1,431 | $33,424 |
| 119 | LaSalle Gardens | C- | 1,711 | $40,883 |
| 120 | Riverbend | C- | 3,418 | $34,236 |
| 121 | McDougall / Hunt | C- | 2,364 | $29,671 |
| 122 | Conner Creek Industrial | C- | 839 | $55,607 |
| 123 | Gratiot / Findlay | C- | 3,073 | $36,646 |
| 124 | Oak Grove | C- | 710 | $41,426 |
| 125 | North End | C- | 3,162 | $26,130 |
| 126 | Midwest | D+ | 12,275 | $34,583 |
| 127 | Grand River / St. Marys | D+ | 2,149 | $42,931 |
| 128 | Fox Creek | D+ | 3,006 | $27,132 |
| 129 | Corktown | D+ | 1,245 | $52,001 |
| 130 | San Bernardo | D+ | 1,092 | $42,945 |
| 131 | Jamison | D+ | 1,573 | $39,605 |
| 132 | Woodbridge | D+ | 2,004 | $57,838 |
| 133 | Garden Homes | D+ | 2,792 | $57,915 |
| 134 | Mexicantown | D+ | 657 | $18,383 |
| 135 | Downtown Detroit | D+ | 3,794 | $35,935 |
| 136 | Waterworks Park | D+ | 463 | $86,113 |
| 137 | Russell Industrial | D+ | 101 | $68,722 |
| 138 | Islandview | D+ | 5,599 | $32,428 |
| 139 | Wayne State | D+ | 2,268 | $21,817 |
| 140 | East Village | D | 4,987 | $29,243 |
| 141 | Gratiot / Grand | D | 3,108 | $32,912 |
| 142 | Happy Homes | D | 419 | $31,036 |
| 143 | Chandler Park | D | 4,580 | $35,292 |
| 144 | North LaSalle | D | 1,851 | $29,572 |
| 145 | Rosa Parks | D | 2,899 | $28,273 |
| 146 | Northeast Central District | D | 2,216 | $37,117 |
| 147 | Pembroke | D | 1,191 | $42,449 |
| 148 | Riverdale | D | 2,018 | $28,158 |
| 149 | Joseph Berry | D | 255 | $69,604 |
| 150 | Brush Park | D | 921 | $62,311 |
| 151 | North Corktown | D | 1,697 | $31,776 |
| 152 | Greektown | D | 81 | $48,740 |
| 153 | Henry Ford | D | 1,572 | $31,853 |
| 154 | Midtown | D | 6,867 | $26,557 |
| 155 | Cultural Center | D- | 2,186 | $46,075 |
| 156 | Arden Park | D- | 453 | $34,470 |
| 157 | Wildemere Park | D- | 1,691 | $55,123 |
| 158 | West Village | D- | 1,346 | $44,383 |
| 159 | Dexter / Linwood | D- | 11,311 | $31,280 |
| 160 | West End | D- | 5,035 | $33,123 |
| 161 | Nardin Park | D- | 4,543 | $23,591 |
| 162 | Oakman Boulevard Community | D- | 9,527 | $35,219 |
| 163 | Rivertown | D- | 826 | $54,978 |
| 164 | Lafayette Park | D- | 3,605 | $39,765 |
| 165 | New Center | D- | 281 | $40,735 |
| 166 | Tech Town | D- | 511 | $39,132 |
| 167 | Core City | F+ | 1,999 | $22,883 |
| 168 | West Virginia Park | F+ | 343 | $18,544 |
| 169 | Seven Mile Lodge | F+ | 776 | $35,729 |
| 170 | Gold Coast | F+ | 798 | $35,636 |
| 171 | New Center Commons | F+ | 1,200 | $37,253 |
| 172 | Medical Center | F+ | 1,503 | $23,034 |
| 173 | Gardenview Estates | F+ | 369 | $17,548 |
| 174 | Virginia Park | F+ | 469 | $36,565 |
| 175 | Detroit Golf Club | F+ | 820 | $30,280 |
| 176 | Elijah McCoy | F | 1,257 | $21,474 |
| 177 | Milwaukee Junction | F | 541 | $28,689 |
| 178 | Eastern Market | F | 1,137 | $21,489 |
| 179 | Medbury Park | F | 299 | $24,269 |
| 180 | Forest Park | F | 928 | $21,372 |
| 181 | Jeffries | F | 1,306 | $17,183 |
| 182 | Herman Kiefer | F | 1,111 | $26,748 |
| 183 | Elmwood Park | F | 6,400 | $29,980 |
| 184 | Northwest Goldberg | F | 1,260 | $21,205 |
| 185 | Douglass | F | 518 | $20,670 |
| 186 | Brewster Homes | F | 408 | $20,333 |
By ZIP code
Detroit crime by ZIP code
ZIP codes ranked from safest to highest-crime.
| # | ZIP code | Grade | Population | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48242 | A- | 32 | $77,643 |
| 2 | 48209 | B | 30,255 | $33,625 |
| 3 | 48210 | B | 30,259 | $32,494 |
| 4 | 48228 | B | 51,162 | $39,442 |
| 5 | 48217 | B | 7,863 | $41,768 |
| 6 | 48223 | B | 24,364 | $54,582 |
| 7 | 48224 | B | 43,284 | $49,404 |
| 8 | 48219 | B | 45,189 | $52,054 |
| 9 | 48205 | B | 42,777 | $42,186 |
| 10 | 48221 | B | 36,707 | $59,103 |
| 11 | 48227 | B | 43,679 | $45,307 |
| 12 | 48235 | B | 43,692 | $49,577 |
| 13 | 48234 | B- | 34,981 | $40,108 |
| 14 | 48211 | B- | 7,051 | $33,327 |
| 15 | 48213 | B- | 25,659 | $37,000 |
| 16 | 48243 | C+ | 19 | $51,027 |
| 17 | 48238 | C+ | 30,508 | $36,929 |
| 18 | 48204 | C | 27,024 | $36,220 |
| 19 | 48214 | C | 22,030 | $38,784 |
| 20 | 48215 | C | 12,936 | $33,482 |
| 21 | 48226 | C- | 4,226 | $42,583 |
| 22 | 48216 | C- | 5,987 | $32,610 |
| 23 | 48206 | C- | 20,326 | $36,678 |
| 24 | 48202 | D+ | 16,228 | $37,365 |
| 25 | 48208 | D | 10,015 | $31,565 |
| 26 | 48207 | D | 19,414 | $35,402 |
| 27 | 48201 | D- | 12,516 | $27,646 |