Crime in Highland, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Highland at 83% below the U.S. rate per resident: 71% lower for persons crimes and 86% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.0% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Highland. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 2.9 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.9 violent, 2.0 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Highland is lower than 98% of the 343 other Michigan places and 98% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Highland's 15 census block groups for 20,679 residents. How Michigan residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 97.5%, summary counts only for 0.6% and estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 1.9% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Highland.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Highland
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 10 and 18.
- 0–5095.6%
- 50–1004.4%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Highland is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 8.0% in a year; across Michigan it fell 6.1%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Michigan in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Highland against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,447 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Highland's, and 28 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Highland's major-crime index is lower than 7 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Milford (5 mi), is 3.2 times Highland's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Highland
Is Highland safe?
Highland's major-crime index is 17, 83% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 98% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 71% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 86% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Highland?
The model expects about 61 major crimes a year in Highland, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents, 83% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Highland?
Expected major crimes in Highland are down 8.0% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Highland?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 17 a year), aggravated assault (about 15 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 8 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Highland?
The model expects about 8 thefts from vehicles a year in Highland, 86% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Highland?
The model expects about 6 motor vehicle thefts a year in Highland, 81% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Highland safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 15 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 20 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Highland higher than the Michigan average?
Highland's major-crime index is 17, 82% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Highland compare with Milford?
Milford, 5 miles away, has a major-crime index of 54, 3.2 times Highland's rate per resident. Highland's is 17.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Highland's figures add up its 15 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Highland has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 20,679. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Highland, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/highland
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