Ypsilanti is a township of 101,700 in Washtenaw County, about 8 miles southeast of downtown Ann Arbor · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Ypsilanti?
Ypsilanti earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live. Theft makes up 51% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A-.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 814 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Ypsilanti as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Ypsilanti scores 814.
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 Ypsilanti, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ypsilanti, 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 Ypsilanti
Vehicle theft stands out among cities graded A for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 0.91 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Ypsilanti has 2.6.
Burglaries happen at homes more often than nationally. In Ypsilanti, 77% of reported burglaries happen at homes, against 57% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Ypsilanti
Most of Ypsilanti grades well for property crime: 95% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Ypsilanti run from A+ to D+.
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A or B 95%C 4%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Carpenter, southwestCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Ypsilanti.A903
2West Willow, eastBurglaries run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Ypsilanti.A-777
4Downtown Pittsfield, westThefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Ypsilanti.B+756
Neighborhood areas of Ypsilanti, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Ypsilanti?
Reported property crime in Ypsilanti has fallen 36% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 17 to 11 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Property crime, change since 2019
YpsilantiUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Ypsilanti. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Ypsilanti
Property, US
2016
+2%
+15%
2017
-1%
+12%
2018
-18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-23%
-8%
2021
-24%
-10%
2022
-24%
-6%
2023
-25%
-7%
2024
-36%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Ypsilanti
CrimeGrade™ estimates Ypsilanti has about 18 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% less than the US as a whole and close to Michigan.
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 Ypsilanti, about 51% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
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 Ypsilanti
The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office polices Ypsilanti, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often at homes: 43% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (77%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (51%)
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 Ypsilanti and nearby cities
Ypsilanti has the most property crime of its 7 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Ypsilanti. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Ypsilanti is safer than 61% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Ypsilanti apart: it has 2.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 7.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space 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.2.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 83% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 81% of US city residents
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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 66% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.24 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Ypsilanti: D+ (20 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 67% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.5.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 59% of US city residents
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 Ypsilanti
Property crime costs Ypsilanti about $14 million a year, or $138 per resident and about $328 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$1.6 million
$16
Theft
$4.9 million
$48
Vehicle theft
$4.1 million
$40
Arson
$160,000
$2
Vandalism
$3.3 million
$32
Total
$14 million
$138
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.
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.
