Detroit Vandalism

Detroit · Vandalism · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Detroit police open data recorded 9,502 vandalism incidents, 12.1% of all 78,473 incidents reported in the city that year and down 12.2% from 2024. That is about 1,472 per 100,000 residents, compared with 741 per 100,000 across the 57 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 9,128 vandalism incidents have been published.

Vandalism in Detroit by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)9,128——
20259,5021,472down 12.2%
202410,8231,676up 0.5%
202310,7681,668up 25.1%
20228,6051,333down 5.9%
20219,1431,416up 5.0%
20208,7041,348up 3.7%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 93,640 vandalism incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most vandalism (2025)

  1. Downtown 314 incidents
  2. Midtown 280 incidents
  3. Warrendale 225 incidents
  4. Oakman Blvd Community 170 incidents
  5. Bethune Community 168 incidents
  6. Morningside 162 incidents
  7. Fitzgerald/Marygrove 151 incidents
  8. Brightmoor 148 incidents

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

Questions

How many vandalism incidents were reported in Detroit in 2025?

9,502, according to Detroit Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is vandalism going up or down in Detroit?

Reported vandalism was down 12.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 10.4% 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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