Crime in Superior, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Superior at 50% below the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 62% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are about flat from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Superior. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 8.6 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (3.2 violent, 5.4 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Superior is lower than 52% of the 343 other Michigan places and 59% 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 Superior's 13 census block groups for 14,895 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 Superior.
- 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 Superior
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 31 and 44.
- 0–5082.3%
- 50–1009.2%
- 100–2004.8%
- 200–4003.1%
- 400+0.0%
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Aggravated assault stands out most, at 18% above the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest at night
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime rose 0.5% 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.
Superior against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,443 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Superior's, and 376 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Superior's major-crime index is higher than 1 and lower than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Ypsilanti (3 mi), is 3.7 times Superior's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Superior
Is Superior safe?
Superior's major-crime index is 50, 50% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 52% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are about the U.S. rate, and property crimes 62% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Superior?
The model expects about 128 major crimes a year in Superior, about 8.6 per 1,000 residents, 50% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Superior?
Expected major crimes in Superior are about flat from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Superior?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are aggravated assault (about 41 a year), theft from vehicle (about 25 a year) and other larceny (about 25 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Superior?
The model expects about 25 thefts from vehicles a year in Superior, 36% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Superior?
The model expects about 15 motor vehicle thefts a year in Superior, 36% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Superior safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 60 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 43 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 Superior higher than the Michigan average?
Superior's major-crime index is 50, 46% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Superior compare with Ypsilanti?
Ypsilanti, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 184, 3.7 times Superior's rate per resident. Superior's is 50.
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. Superior's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Superior 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: 14,895. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Superior, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/superior
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