The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Romulus, MI
Romulus is a city of 31,700 in Wayne County, about 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit · Updated November 2026
Is Romulus, MI safe?
Crime in Romulus is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Romulus. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Romulus run from A to C-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 744 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Romulus as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Romulus scores 744.
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 Romulus, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Romulus, 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 Romulus
Aggravated assaults and simple assaults both run high. In Romulus, each runs at more than double the US rate: 5.9 aggravated assaults and 21.9 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Romulus
Low crime is the norm across Romulus: 66% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Romulus run from A to C-; 19% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
66%34%
A or B 66%C 34%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Romulus, the center has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Romulus?
Reported crime in Romulus has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 11% and property crime down 28%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 9.8 to 8.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 29 to 21 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
RomulusUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Romulus. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Romulus
Violent, US
Property, Romulus
Property, US
2016
-27%
+4%
+2%
+15%
2017
-7%
+4%
+13%
+12%
2018
-17%
+0%
-21%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
+4%
-33%
-8%
2021
-11%
+6%
-8%
-10%
2022
-0%
+5%
-11%
-6%
2023
-8%
+2%
-12%
-7%
2024
-10%
-4%
-28%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Romulus
CrimeGrade™ estimates Romulus has about 56 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 51% more than the US as a whole and 62% more 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Romulus, about 50% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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.
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 Romulus
Romulus has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Romulus, 73% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 34% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (73%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (61%)
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 Romulus compares with nearby cities
Romulus has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Romulus apart: it has 8.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 109 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.8.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.109 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 97% 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- (7 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 86% of US city residents
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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 Romulus: F (4 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.6.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 61% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 54% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Romulus on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Romulus
Crime costs Romulus about $1,880 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 56% more 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 $83 million a year, or $2,629 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.7 million
$147
Rape
$1.4 million
$43
Robbery
$760,000
$24
Assault
$10 million
$328
Burglary
$580,000
$18
Theft
$1.9 million
$60
Vehicle theft
$2.0 million
$63
Arson
$130,000
$4
Vandalism
$1.9 million
$60
Total
$24 million
$749
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 Romulus 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 Romulus, MI average a SchoolGrade of D: 31% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Romulus on SchoolGrade
