Hamtramck is a city of 44,000 in Wayne County, about 5 miles north of downtown Detroit · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Hamtramck?
Violent crime is high in Hamtramck: a D, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Assaults make up 91% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
D
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 221 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
8% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Hamtramck as a whole, and 92% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Hamtramck scores 221.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Hamtramck, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hamtramck, 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 about violent crime in Hamtramck
Robberies happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Hamtramck, 70% of reported robberies happen on streets and sidewalks, against 31% nationally.
Aggravated assault at more than double the US rate. Hamtramck has 6.5 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Hamtramck
Violent crime changes a lot from one part of Hamtramck to the next: 57% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 30% live in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Hamtramck run from B+ to F.
57%13%30%
A or B 57%C 13%D or F 30%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Downtown Hamtramck & Chene, southAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Hamtramck.B+697
2State Fair-Nolan, centralRobberies run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Hamtramck.C-318
3Buffalo Charles & Airport, eastAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Hamtramck.F0
Neighborhood areas of Hamtramck, ranked by violent crime 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.
Is violent crime going up in Hamtramck?
Reported violent crime in Hamtramck has fallen 40% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 8.1 to 4.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 26%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
HamtramckUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hamtramck. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hamtramck
Violent, US
2016
+42%
+4%
2017
-0%
+4%
2018
-5%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-21%
+4%
2021
-5%
+6%
2022
-18%
+5%
2023
-19%
+2%
2024
-40%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Hamtramck
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hamtramck has about 20 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 48% more than the US as a whole and 26% more than Michigan.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Hamtramck, about 91% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Hamtramck
Hamtramck has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hamtramck, 57% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (70%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (57%)
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.
Violent crime in Hamtramck and nearby cities
Hamtramck has more violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities. Pleasant Ridge and Grosse Pointe Park have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Hamtramck. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Hamtramck has more violent crime than 96% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Hamtramck apart: it has 12 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of B+ (67 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with few jobs tend to report less robbery, yet robbery runs higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.12 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower 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 assault. 59% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (67 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.81% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% 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 robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Hamtramck: C- (26 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 65% 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 violent crime costs Hamtramck
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Hamtramck about $127 million a year, or $2,883 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $24 million, or $555 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 81% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$9.6 million
$218
Rape
$1.4 million
$31
Robbery
$1.7 million
$38
Assault
$12 million
$268
Total
$24 million
$555
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
