The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Oak Park, MI
Oak Park is a city of 29,300 in Oakland County, about 12 miles northwest of downtown Detroit · Updated November 2026
Is Oak Park, MI safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Oak Park has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Oak Park run from A to C-, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 640 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
26% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Oak Park as a whole, and 74% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Oak Park scores 640.
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 Oak Park, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Oak 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
The safest and least safe parts of Oak Park
Low crime is the norm across Oak Park: 75% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Oak Park run from A to C-; 9% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
75%25%
A or B 75%C 25%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Oak Park, the north side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Oak Park?
Reported crime in Oak Park has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 56% and property crime up 18%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.5 to 3.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 17 to 21 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 19% and property crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Oak ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Oak Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Oak Park
Violent, US
Property, Oak Park
Property, US
2016
+40%
+4%
+9%
+15%
2017
+35%
+4%
+8%
+12%
2018
+13%
+0%
-11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+31%
+4%
-25%
-8%
2021
+18%
+6%
-26%
-10%
2022
+44%
+5%
+27%
-6%
2023
+31%
+2%
+33%
-7%
2024
+56%
-4%
+18%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Oak Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Oak Park has about 39 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Oak Park is assault, about 42% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
The Oak Park Police Department's 2024 report of burglary had a month far out of line with the rest, a sign of a data-entry error or a catch-up month, so CrimeGrade™ set it aside and used the other months.
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 Oak Park
Oak Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Oak Park, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 39% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
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 Oak Park compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Oak Park, 9 have less crime. Beverly Hills and Berkley have the least.
Two things set Oak Park apart: it has a Walk Grade of C (37 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 26 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Very walkable places tend to report more theft and assault, and assault runs 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 (37 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 87% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 78% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.26 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 78% 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.4.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 61% 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.23% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 61% 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 Oak Park
Crime costs Oak Park about $1,194 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $50 million a year, or $1,712 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.2 million
$109
Rape
$660,000
$23
Robbery
$450,000
$16
Assault
$5.5 million
$189
Burglary
$710,000
$24
Theft
$1.5 million
$53
Vehicle theft
$2.0 million
$67
Arson
$69,000
$2
Vandalism
$840,000
$29
Total
$15 million
$511
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 Oak 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.
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 Oak Park, MI average a SchoolGrade of D: 30% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Oak Park on SchoolGrade
