Downtown Southfield, Southfield, MI Property Crime Rates and Maps
Downtown Southfield is a neighborhood of 6,250 residents in Southfield, about 2 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Downtown Southfield?
Downtown Southfield grades C+ for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 78% of Americans live. Theft makes up 50% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades D+. Southfield as a whole grades B+ for property crime.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 521 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Downtown Southfield as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Southfield scores 521.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Downtown Southfield, Southfield, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Southfield in Southfield, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Downtown Southfield
Vehicle theft at more than triple the US rate. Downtown Southfield has 12.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Downtown Southfield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Southfield has about 59 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for Southfield as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Downtown Southfield, about 50% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Southfield
The Southfield Police Department polices Downtown Southfield; these figures cover Southfield as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Southfield as a whole, 58% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 54% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (58%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Downtown Southfield and nearby neighborhoods
Downtown Southfield has the least property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Southfield. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Downtown Southfield is safer than 66% of them.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Downtown Southfield
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Downtown Southfield apart: it has 3.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 15.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.142 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Downtown Southfield
Property crime costs Downtown Southfield about $3.0 million a year, or $482 per resident and about $954 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Downtown Southfield is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
