Michigan's violent crime rate has fallen to its lowest level in seven years, Governor Gretchen Whitmer's office announced on Monday, in state figures reported by Detroit television station WXYZ. The announcement is a state-government claim based on Michigan's own crime data, presented by the governor's office.

Source: WXYZ-TV (ABC Detroit), via The Detroit

According to the governor's office, murders in Michigan are down more than 40% since 2021, and robberies have been cut in half since Whitmer took office. The office credited sustained state investment in public safety, including support for local police and community violence-intervention programs.

Source: Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, via Dearborn.org

7-year lowMichigan violent crime rate, per the governor's office
40%+drop in murders since 2021, per the governor's office
Halfrobberies cut by half since Whitmer took office, per the governor's office
1,000+illegal guns removed under Operation Safe Neighborhoods, per state releases

State releases also point to Operation Safe Neighborhoods, under which officers have conducted more than 11,000 check-ins with felony offenders and removed more than 1,000 illegally held guns from the streets, as part of the enforcement side of the decline. Michigan is home to a growing Punjabi community in the Detroit metro area and around Grand Rapids, for whom street safety is a daily concern.

Source: Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, via Dearborn.org

The statewide announcement follows a longer improving trend in Michigan's largest city: Detroit officials reported that the city recorded 203 homicides in 2024, its fewest since 1965, with non-fatal shootings, robberies and carjackings also down that year. The governor's office figures are the administration's own presentation of state data and were not accompanied by an independent audit in Monday's announcement.

Source: WDIV ClickOnDetroit