Crime in Macomb, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Macomb at 82% below the U.S. rate per resident: 67% lower for persons crimes and 86% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 11.8% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Macomb. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 3.0 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.0 violent, 2.0 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Macomb is lower than 97% 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 Macomb's 43 census block groups for 96,306 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 Macomb.
- 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 Macomb
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 10 and 21.
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Every crime type in Macomb is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 11.8% 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.
Macomb against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
580 of the 580 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Macomb's; the middle of the group is 91. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Macomb has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Mount Clemens (5 mi), is 3.7 times Macomb's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Macomb
Is Macomb safe?
Macomb's major-crime index is 18, 82% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 97% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 67% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 86% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Macomb?
The model expects about 293 major crimes a year in Macomb, about 3.0 per 1,000 residents, 82% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Macomb?
Expected major crimes in Macomb are down 11.8% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Macomb?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 85 a year), aggravated assault (about 77 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 49 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Macomb?
The model expects about 49 thefts from vehicles a year in Macomb, 81% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Macomb?
The model expects about 28 motor vehicle thefts a year in Macomb, 82% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Macomb safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 14 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 21 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 Macomb higher than the Michigan average?
Macomb's major-crime index is 18, 81% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Macomb compare with Mount Clemens?
Mount Clemens, 5 miles away, has a major-crime index of 66, 3.7 times Macomb's rate per resident. Macomb's is 18.
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. Macomb's figures add up its 43 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Macomb 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: 96,306. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Macomb, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/macomb
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