Bagley is a neighborhood of 18,700 residents in Detroit, about 9 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Bagley in Detroit safe?
Crime in Bagley is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 97% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Bagley. Violent and property crime both grade F here. Detroit as a whole grades F. Every neighborhood in Bagley grades F.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
3% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bagley as a whole, and 97% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bagley scores 0.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Bagley, Detroit, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bagley in Detroit, 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 in Bagley
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run high. In Bagley, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 12.4 car thefts and 10.5 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Detroit as a whole, 45% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How Bagley compares within Detroit
Every part of Bagley grades D or F on the national scale.
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D or F 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Bagley has less crime than 47 of the 76 neighborhoods in Detroit. It covers much of the Evergreen, Greenfield, and Bagley areas and the Fitzgerald, Martin Park, and Conant Gardens areas.
Is crime going up in Detroit?
Reported violent crime in Detroit as a whole peaked in 2021 and has fallen 21% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 2% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 19 to 18 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 43 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
DetroitUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Detroit. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Detroit
Violent, US
Property, Detroit
Property, US
2016
+4%
+4%
+10%
+15%
2017
+5%
+4%
+6%
+12%
2018
+3%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+17%
+4%
-21%
-8%
2021
+17%
+6%
-16%
-10%
2022
+3%
+5%
+4%
-6%
2023
+2%
+2%
+8%
-7%
2024
-8%
-4%
+2%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bagley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bagley has about 80 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 26% less than Detroit as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Bagley, about 37% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Detroit
The Detroit Police Department polices Bagley; these figures cover Detroit as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Detroit as a whole, 81% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (81%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (64%)
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.
How Bagley compares with nearby neighborhoods
Bagley has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Bagley apart: it has 8 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 10.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery run higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.8 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 92% 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.10.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 81% 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 and assault.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.6.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 66% 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 crime costs Bagley
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bagley about $3,841 a year per household, about triple the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $105 million a year, or $5,609 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Bagley means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Bagley is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower 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
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.
Schools in Bagley, Detroit, MI average a SchoolGrade of D-: 22% of students test proficient, against 16% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Bagley on SchoolGrade
