Wixom is a city of 20,400 in Oakland County, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Detroit · Updated November 2026
Is Wixom, MI safe?
Yes, crime in Wixom is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Wixom sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Wixom run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 865 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wixom as a whole, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wixom scores 865.
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 Wixom, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wixom, 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 Wixom
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Wixom, 80% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
Thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Wixom, each runs at about half the US rate: 6.3 thefts and 1.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Wixom
Every part of Wixom where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Wixom run from A+ to B-; 63% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Wixom, the west side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Wixom?
Reported property crime in Wixom has fallen 30% 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 14 to 9.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 22%.
Property crime, change since 2019
WixomUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Wixom. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Wixom
Property, US
2016
+22%
+15%
2017
+25%
+12%
2018
-10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-23%
-8%
2021
-6%
-10%
2022
-12%
-6%
2023
-10%
-7%
2024
-30%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Wixom
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wixom has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 46% less than the US as a whole and 42% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Wixom, about 36% 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 Wixom
Wixom has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Wixom, 73% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 80% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (73%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (80%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (80%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (35%)
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 Wixom compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Wixom, 9 have less crime. New Hudson and South Lyon have the least.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Wixom
Two things set Wixom apart: it has 6.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 1.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space 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.6.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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.1.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 96% 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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 63% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.90 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 94% 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 Wixom: F (5 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.12.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 71% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Wixom 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 Wixom
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Wixom about $574 a year per household, 52% 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 $21 million a year, or $1,019 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.4 million
$70
Rape
$670,000
$33
Robbery
$76,000
$4
Assault
$1.6 million
$79
Burglary
$260,000
$13
Theft
$660,000
$32
Vehicle theft
$410,000
$20
Arson
$15,000
$1
Vandalism
$430,000
$21
Total
$5.6 million
$273
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 Wixom 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 Wixom, MI average a SchoolGrade of A+: 56% of students test proficient, against 53% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Wixom on SchoolGrade
