12 months to Aug 2026, FBI
Cleveland vs Detroit crime rates
Detroit’s violent crime rate was 30% higher than Cleveland’s over the 12 months to Aug 2026: 1,632 against 1,251 per 100,000 residents a year. Detroit’s property crime rate was 5% higher than Cleveland’s over the same period: 3,712 against 3,527 per 100,000 residents a year. Cleveland recorded 94 homicides (25.8 per 100,000 residents) and Detroit 137 (21.3). Over the same period violent crime was down 13% in Cleveland and down 6% in Detroit, each against its own previous 12 months.
Side by side
per 100k, per year| Measure | Cleveland, OHcity, Ohio | Detroit, MIcity, Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crimeper 100,000 residents a year | 1,251 | 1,632 |
| Property crimeper 100,000 residents a year | 3,527 | 3,712 |
| Homicidescount in the period | 9425.8 per 100k | 13721.3 per 100k |
| Violent crime trendagainst the 12 months before | −13% | −6% |
| Property crime trendagainst the 12 months before | −17% | −13% |
| Residents | 363,659 | 642,155 |
| Period | 12 months to Aug 2026 | 12 months to Aug 2026 |
| Source | Cleveland Police Departmentas reported to the FBI | Detroit Police Departmentas reported to the FBI |
Violent crime, month by month
Each line has its own scale, so read the direction, not the height; the table above has the rates.
The FBI cautions against ranking or comparing places on these numbers alone: how dense a place is, its economy, how often residents report crime and how each agency records it all shape them. How to read crime numbers
What this comparison does not measure
read before deciding- These are crimes reported to the police. In the federal victim survey for 2024, about half of violent crime (47.9%, homicide aside) and under a third of property crime (30.5%) was reported, and that share can differ from one city to another.
- City limits are drawn differently: one city may take in suburbs and open land that another leaves to its neighbors, and that alone moves a citywide rate. A citywide figure says little about any one neighborhood; Detroit has neighborhood figures on its page.
More on each place
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Source and dates
FBI Crime Data Explorer- Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Police Department, as reported to the FBI. 12 months to Aug 2026; 363,659 residents.
- Detroit, MI
- Detroit Police Department, as reported to the FBI. 12 months to Aug 2026; 642,155 residents.
- How we count
- Violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson, the FBI’s definitions for every agency. Methodology