Last year's homicide rate was 32 homicides per 100,000 residents, the lowest since 1969, according to a Free Press analysis of historic Detroit police and U.S. Census Bureau data. In 1969 ...

Asher said it’s just about impossible to pinpoint reasons for the decline — criminologists still can’t fully explain why ...

The city is part of a national trend of declining rates of overall violent crime across the U.S. Detroit ended 2024 with about 203 homicides — down 49 from the year before and the fewest in the ...

Detroit police crime data released Jan. 3 shows the city saw 203 homicides last year, the fewest since 1965. Last year's homicide rate was 32 homicides per 100,000 residents, the lowest since 1969 ...