The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Wyandotte, MI
Wyandotte is a city of 24,500 in Wayne County, about 10 miles southwest of downtown Detroit · Updated November 2026
Is Wyandotte, MI safe?
Yes, by national standards: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Wyandotte is low. Most US neighborhoods have even less, though: 61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A- to B+; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 775 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
39% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wyandotte as a whole, and 61% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wyandotte scores 775.
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 Wyandotte, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wyandotte, 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 Wyandotte
Simple assaults run high for an A-graded city. Wyandotte has 17.0 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 6.0.
The safest and least safe parts of Wyandotte
Every part of Wyandotte where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Wyandotte run from A- to B+; every part of Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte, the south side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Wyandotte?
Reported violent crime in Wyandotte peaked in 2021 and has fallen 32% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 43% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 14 to 8.1 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
WyandotteUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Wyandotte. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Wyandotte
Violent, US
Property, Wyandotte
Property, US
2016
-18%
+4%
+8%
+15%
2017
-6%
+4%
+18%
+12%
2018
+5%
+0%
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-13%
+4%
-10%
-8%
2021
+47%
+6%
-21%
-10%
2022
-22%
+5%
-34%
-6%
2023
-4%
+2%
-34%
-7%
2024
-1%
-4%
-43%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Wyandotte
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wyandotte has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Wyandotte, about 56% 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.
The Wyandotte Police Department's 2024 count of burglary fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
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 Wyandotte
Wyandotte has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 40% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (64%)
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 Wyandotte compares with nearby cities
Wyandotte has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Night lighting, walkability and transit in Wyandotte
One thing sets Wyandotte apart: it has a Walk Grade of C (37 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Even so, 50% of residents in Wyandotte live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Places like that 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
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 Wyandotte: D (14 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 69% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.36 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower 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.10.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher 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 Wyandotte
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Wyandotte about $795 a year per household, 34% 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 $26 million a year, or $1,071 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.3 million
$53
Rape
$520,000
$21
Robbery
$78,000
$3
Assault
$4.6 million
$187
Burglary
$370,000
$15
Theft
$940,000
$38
Vehicle theft
$300,000
$12
Arson
$28,000
$1
Vandalism
$840,000
$35
Total
$8.9 million
$365
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 Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte, MI average a SchoolGrade of B-: 41% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Wyandotte on SchoolGrade
