Editing Detroit (section)

=== Crime ===
{{Further|Crime in Detroit|Detroit Police Department}}
{{Infobox UCR
|city_name=Detroit
|year=2019
|violent_crime=1,965.3
|homicide=41.4 {{decreasePositive}}
|forcible_rape=143.4 {{increaseNegative}}
|robbery=353.3 {{decreasePositive}}
|aggravated_assault=1,425.8 {{increaseNegative}}
|property_crime=4,299.7
|burglary=1,027.1 {{decreasePositive}}
|larceny_theft=2,235.5 {{increaseNegative}}
|motor_vehicle_theft=1,037.0 {{increaseNegative}}
|source_url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-6
|source_name=FBI 2019 UCR data
}}

Detroit has gained notoriety for its high amount of crime, having struggled with it for decades. The number of homicides in 1974 was 714.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stevens |first=William K. |date=April 28, 1974 |title=April in Detroit Is Murder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/28/archives/april-in-detroit-is-murder-statistical-sample-half-a-million.html |access-date=December 5, 2019 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 7, 1971 |title=Detroit Reports Rise in Homicides |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/07/archives/detroit-reports-rise-in-homicides-126-murders-in-2-months-up-from.html |access-date=December 5, 2019 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The homicide rate in 2022 was the third highest in the nation at 50.0 per 100,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Homicide Statistics for 24 U.S. Cities |url=https://www.rit.edu/liberalarts/sites/rit.edu.liberalarts/files/docs/SOC/CLA_CPSI_2023_WorkingPapers/CPSI%20Working%20Paper%202023.02_2022%20US%20City%20Homicide%20Stats.pdf |access-date=December 24, 2023 |publisher=RIT Center for Public Safety Initiatives}}</ref> Downtown typically has lower crime than national and state averages.<ref name="MIC">Booza, Jason C. (July 23, 2008).[http://thedetroithub.com/site/user/files/2007RealityvsPerceptionsCrimeReport.pdf Reality v. Perceptions: An Analysis of Crime and Safety in Downtown Detroit]. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110428013503/http://thedetroithub.com/site/user/files/2007RealityvsPerceptionsCrimeReport.pdf Archive]) Michigan Metropolitan Information Center, ''[[Wayne State University]] Center for Urban Studies''. Retrieved August 14, 2011.</ref> According to a 2007 analysis, Detroit officials note about 65 to 70 percent of homicides in the city were drug related,<ref name="analysis">{{Cite news |last=Shelton |first=Steve M. |date=January 30, 2008 |title=Top cop urges vigilance against crime |url=http://www.michronicleonline.com/articlelive/articles/2322/1/Top-cop-urges-vigilance-against-crime/Page1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802131457/http://www.michronicleonline.com/articlelive/articles/2322/1/Top-cop-urges-vigilance-against-crime/Page1.html |archive-date=August 2, 2008 |access-date=December 4, 2019 |work=Michigan Chronicle}}</ref> with the rate of unsolved murders roughly 70%.<ref name="time" />

Although the rate of violent crime dropped 11% in 2008,<ref>{{cite web |date=April 4, 2019 |title=Kym Worthy on reported Detroit crime drop: 'Public knows those numbers aren't true' |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2009/09/kym_worthy_on_reported_detroit.html |access-date=September 18, 2009 |website=Michigan Live}}</ref> violent crime in Detroit has not declined as much as the national average from 2007 to 2011.<ref name="autogenerated5">{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Offense Analysis, United States, 2007 to 2011 |url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-7 |access-date=February 6, 2013 |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> The violent crime rate is one of the highest in the United States. "Neighborhoodscout.com" reported a crime rate of 62.18 per 1,000 residents for property crimes, and 16.73 per 1,000 for violent crimes (compared to national figures of 32 per 1,000 for property crimes and 5 per 1,000 for violent crime in 2008).<ref name="Detroit crime rates and statistics">{{cite web |title=Detroit crime rates and statistics |url=http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/mi/detroit/crime/ |access-date=July 1, 2010 |publisher=Neighborhood Scout}}</ref> In 2012, crime in the city was among the reasons for more expensive car insurance.<ref name="car insurance">{{cite web |date=February 19, 2012 |title=Most Expensive Cities for Car Insurance |url=http://education.yahoo.net/auto-insurance/articles/most_expensive_cities_for_car_insurance.htm?kid=1KQVK |access-date=February 19, 2012 |publisher=yahoo.com |quote=I&nbsp;... it has a high crime rate – it scored an 889 on the City-Data.com 2010 crime index,&nbsp;... * Source: Runzheimer International. Average insurance rates are as of August 2011, and based on business driving for a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu LS. Assumes $100,000/$300,000/$50,000 liability limits, collision, and comprehensive with $500 deductibles, 100/300 uninsured motorist coverage, and any mandatory insurance coverage.}}</ref>

Areas of the city adjacent to the Detroit River are also patrolled by the [[United States Border Patrol]].<ref>{{cite web |date=August 21, 2023 |title=Detroit Sector Michigan &#124; U.S. Customs and Border Protection |url=https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/border-patrol-sectors/detroit-sector |website=Cbp.gov}}</ref>

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