Violent crime
6,587 per 100,000 residents, per year
534 reported in the last 12 months
+64% vs. Detroit (4,024)
Data through September 2026, Detroit Police Department
Crime in Dexter-Linwood, Detroit
The violent crime rate in Dexter-Linwood is 6,587 per 100,000 residents per year, 64% above Detroit as a whole (4,024). It ranks 5 of 82 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
7,389 per 100,000 residents, per year
599 reported in the last 12 months
+49% vs. Detroit (4,966)
All reported
14,839 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,203 reported in the last 12 months
+55% vs. Detroit (9,553)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 8,107 for Dexter-Linwood. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Dexter-Linwood sits in Detroit, and where incidents concentrate
rank 5 of 82Loading map…
1the corner with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.
SaferHigher rateFewer than 2,500 residents: shaded with its council district’s rateArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.
Dexter-Linwood is among the highest in the city: rank 5 of 82. Nearby in the ranking: Joy Community (7,085), Nortown (7,079), Hubbell-Lyndon (6,153), Brightmoor (6,058).
Street corners with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Corner | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Woodrow Wilson St & Elmhurst St | 33 | 9 | 6% |
| 02Woodrow Wilson St & Tuxedo St | 30 | 17 | 6% |
| 03W Boston Blvd & Lawton St | 17 | 10 | 3% |
| 04Fullerton St & Linwood St | 16 | 18 | 3% |
| 05Elmhurst St & La Salle Blvd | 14 | 2 | 3% |
| 06Savery St & Chicago Blvd | 12 | 13 | 2% |
| 07Webb St & Rosa Parks Blvd | 12 | 1 | 2% |
| 08Wildemere St & Calvert St | 12 | 1 | 2% |
| 09La Salle Blvd & Calvert St | 10 | 9 | 2% |
| 10Sturtevant St & Lawton St | 9 | 6 | 2% |
“Corner” is the nearest intersection the police department publishes for each incident (for example Bagley St & 3rd St), never an exact address. Only street corners with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 10 account for 31% of Dexter-Linwood’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
Violent crime, month by month
Oct 2025 to Sep 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Dexter-Linwood |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 52 |
| Nov 2025 | 38 |
| Dec 2025 | 38 |
| Jan 2026 | 44 |
| Feb 2026 | 27 |
| Mar 2026 | 53 |
| Apr 2026 | 53 |
| May 2026 | 46 |
| Jun 2026 | 49 |
| Jul 2026 | 43 |
| Aug 2026 | 43 |
| Sep 2026 | 48 |
When crime happens in Dexter-Linwood
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Dexter-Linwood happened between 3 pm and 1 am. No day of the week stood out.
Violent crime busiest hour 3 pm
Property crime busiest hour midnight
Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Detroit Police Department; 1% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 am | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 8 am | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 9 am | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 10 am | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| 11 am | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 12 pm | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 1 pm | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| 2 pm | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 pm | 12 | 30 | 42 |
| 4 pm | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 5 pm | 12 | 21 | 33 |
| 6 pm | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 7 pm | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 8 pm | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 9 pm | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 10 pm | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 11 pm | 7 | 26 | 33 |
| 12 am | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 1 am | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 am | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 am | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 am | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 am | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Total with a known time | 169 | 364 | 533 |
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 am | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 8 am | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 9 am | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 10 am | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 11 am | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 12 pm | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| 1 pm | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| 2 pm | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 pm | 12 | 24 | 36 |
| 4 pm | 3 | 24 | 27 |
| 5 pm | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 6 pm | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| 7 pm | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 8 pm | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| 9 pm | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| 10 pm | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 11 pm | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| 12 am | 8 | 28 | 36 |
| 1 am | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 am | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 am | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 am | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 5 am | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Total with a known time | 171 | 416 | 587 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Detroit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 510 | 6,291 | +63% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 22 | 271 | +77% |
| HomicideViolent | 2 | 25 | +9% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 245 | 3,022 | +107% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 126 | 1,554 | +27% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 98 | 1,209 | +102% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 68 | 839 | +6% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 62 | 765 | −15% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 58 | 715 | +67% |
| Drug offensesOther | 12 | 148 | +11% |
Source and dates
RMS_Crime_Incidents- Source
- Detroit Police Department, via Detroit Open Data Portal (dataset RMS_Crime_Incidents), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 8,107 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Detroit, MI
- All neighborhoods
- Detroit neighborhoods by reported crime rate