The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hazel Park, MI
Hazel Park is a city of 15,000 in Oakland County, about 9 miles north of downtown Detroit · Updated November 2026
Is Hazel Park, MI safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Hazel Park has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hazel Park run from A- to B-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 729 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hazel Park as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hazel Park scores 729.
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 Hazel Park, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hazel Park, 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 Hazel Park
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Hazel Park, 56% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Hazel Park
Every part of Hazel Park where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Hazel Park run from A- to B-; every part of Hazel Park has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hazel Park, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Hazel Park?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Hazel Park is down 21%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.5 to 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 16 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 54% and property crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Hazel ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hazel Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hazel Park
Violent, US
Property, Hazel Park
Property, US
2016
+32%
+4%
+40%
+15%
2017
+61%
+4%
+42%
+12%
2018
+38%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
+4%
-10%
-8%
2021
+26%
+6%
-6%
-10%
2022
+10%
+5%
+7%
-6%
2023
+74%
+2%
+26%
-7%
2024
-21%
-4%
+3%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hazel Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hazel Park has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 39% of crime reported in Hazel Park. 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.
Where and when crime happens in Hazel Park
Hazel Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hazel Park, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (56%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Homes (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
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 Hazel Park compares with nearby cities
Hazel Park has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Night lighting, walkability and jobs in Hazel Park
Two things set Hazel Park apart: it has a Walk Grade of C+ (45 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 19 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Very walkable places tend to report more theft and assault, and they run high 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.C+ (45 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 90% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.19 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 65% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 58% 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 Hazel Park: C- (27 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 54% 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 Hazel Park
Crime costs Hazel Park about $813 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 33% 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 $1,221 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.2 million
$83
Rape
$330,000
$22
Robbery
$190,000
$13
Assault
$1.7 million
$113
Burglary
$230,000
$15
Theft
$920,000
$62
Vehicle theft
$650,000
$43
Arson
$36,000
$2
Vandalism
$330,000
$22
Total
$5.6 million
$376
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 Hazel Park 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. Hazel Park 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 Hazel Park, MI average a SchoolGrade of D-: 25% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Hazel Park on SchoolGrade
