Detroit Assault

Detroit · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Detroit police open data recorded 23,149 assault incidents, 29.5% of all 78,473 incidents reported in the city that year and down 0.8% from 2024. That is about 3,585 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 20,412 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Detroit by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)20,412——
202523,1493,585down 0.8%
202423,3403,615up 5.0%
202322,2313,443up 4.1%
202221,3583,308down 3.2%
202122,0573,416down 5.6%
202023,3623,618down 2.5%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 223,149 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Downtown 649 incidents
  2. Warrendale 631 incidents
  3. Bethune Community 488 incidents
  4. Franklin Park 479 incidents
  5. Dexter-Linwood 456 incidents
  6. Oakman Blvd Community 427 incidents
  7. Brightmoor 418 incidents
  8. Midtown 404 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Detroit in 2025?

23,149, according to Detroit Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Detroit?

Reported assault was down 0.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 8.4% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Detroit Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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