The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bloomfield Hills is a city of 49,800 in Oakland County, about 20 miles northwest of downtown Detroit · Updated November 2026
Is Bloomfield Hills, MI safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Bloomfield Hills has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 83% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bloomfield Hills run from A+ to D+, so check the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 944 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
83% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bloomfield Hills as a whole, and 17% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bloomfield Hills scores 944.
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 Bloomfield Hills, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bloomfield Hills, 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 Bloomfield Hills
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Bloomfield Hills, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.55 car thefts and 0.50 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Bloomfield Hills
Nearly every part of Bloomfield Hills where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Bloomfield Hills run from A+ to D+; 99% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
99%
A or B 99%C 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Bloomfield Hills, the west side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Bloomfield Hills?
Reported property crime in Bloomfield Hills has fallen 32% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 7.8 to 5.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 34%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Bloomfield HillsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bloomfield Hills. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Bloomfield Hills
Property, US
2016
+30%
+15%
2017
+10%
+12%
2018
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-36%
-8%
2021
-36%
-10%
2022
-16%
-6%
2023
+3%
-7%
2024
-32%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bloomfield Hills
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bloomfield Hills has about 9.8 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 74% less than the US as a whole and 71% less than Michigan.
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.
Theft makes up about 42% of crime reported in Bloomfield Hills. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
How Bloomfield Hills compares with nearby cities
Bloomfield Hills has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities; only Bingham Farms has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Bloomfield Hills. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Bloomfield Hills is safer than 91% of them.
Night lighting, walkability and density in Bloomfield Hills
Two things set Bloomfield Hills apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (6 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and they run low here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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 and assault. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (6 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 89% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 85% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 85% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Bloomfield Hills: D- (9 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 77% 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 crime costs Bloomfield Hills
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bloomfield Hills about $293 a year per household, 76% less than 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 $18 million a year, or $366 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.2 million
$24
Rape
$460,000
$9
Robbery
$60,000
$1
Assault
$1.7 million
$35
Burglary
$240,000
$5
Theft
$1.1 million
$21
Vehicle theft
$420,000
$8
Arson
$14,000
under $1
Vandalism
$380,000
$8
Total
$5.6 million
$112
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 Bloomfield Hills 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. Bloomfield Hills 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
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.
Schools in Bloomfield Hills, MI average a SchoolGrade of A: 58% of students test proficient, against 55% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Bloomfield Hills on SchoolGrade
