The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Saginaw, MI
Saginaw is a city of 116,000 in Saginaw County and the main city of the Saginaw metro area, home to 188,700 · Updated November 2026
Is Saginaw, MI safe?
Saginaw has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 82% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Saginaw run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 498 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
18% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Saginaw as a whole, and 82% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Saginaw scores 498.
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 Saginaw, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Saginaw, 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 Saginaw
Burglaries run high in Old Saginaw City, Adams & Butman-Fish. In this part of central Saginaw, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of Saginaw.
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Saginaw runs 35% above the US rate, but car thefts run 21% below it: 2.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Reported rapes run high for a C-graded city. Saginaw has 0.88 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a C-graded US city, the figure is 0.30.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Saginaw
Crime varies widely across Saginaw: 62% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 31% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Saginaw run from A+ to F; 38% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
62%31%
A or B 62%C 7%D or F 31%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Northmoor, Covenant & St Stephens Brockway-Carmen, northAggravated assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Saginaw.B663
2Northeast, northeastThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Saginaw.C387
3Coulter & Saginaw High, southeastRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Saginaw.D175
4Southwest Saginaw, southAggravated assaults run at about double the rate in the rest of Saginaw.F12
5Old Saginaw City, Adams & Butman-Fish, centralRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Saginaw.F0
6Cathedral District, eastBurglaries run at more than double the rate in the rest of Saginaw.F0
Neighborhood areas of Saginaw, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Crime rates and types in Saginaw
CrimeGrade™ estimates Saginaw has about 50 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 35% more than the US as a whole and 45% 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 Saginaw, about 49% 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 Saginaw
Saginaw has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Saginaw, 87% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 70% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (87%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (63%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (70%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Homes (74%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (66%)
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 Saginaw compares with nearby cities
Of the 7 cities closest to Saginaw, 6 have less crime. University Center and Frost have the least.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Saginaw
Two things set Saginaw apart: it has 4.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 10.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. 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.4.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 96% 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.10.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% 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. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% 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 Saginaw: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
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.86% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 65% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Saginaw 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 Saginaw
Crime costs Saginaw about $2,215 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 84% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $110 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $511 million a year, or $4,406 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$39 million
$335
Rape
$6.1 million
$53
Robbery
$2.1 million
$18
Assault
$43 million
$372
Burglary
$2.7 million
$23
Theft
$6.6 million
$57
Vehicle theft
$3.8 million
$33
Arson
$830,000
$7
Vandalism
$6.2 million
$53
Total
$110 million
$952
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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw, MI average a SchoolGrade of C: 36% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Saginaw on SchoolGrade
