Crime in Detroit, Michigan has decreased significantly since the 1970s. In 2007, the city had the sixth highest rate of violent crime among the twenty-five largest U.S. cities. FBI reports for 2008 show that the numbers of violent crimes dropped 11.6% in the city of Detroit, continuing a downward trend: overall, crime in the city of Detroit dropped 23 percent from 2000 to 2004. In 2010, city of Detroit neighborhoods were not listed as among those in major cities with the 25 highest crime rates in the U.S. as reported by NeighborhoodScout.com. FBI reports for 2012 showed that the city had the second highest violent crime rate among medium-to-large sized cities in the U.S.
Crime is unevenly distributed throughout the city, with much of the violent crime emanating from selected neighborhoods in the upper east and central west. In 2008, the city unveiled a plan to revitalize these areas which include 7-Mile/Livernois, Brightmoor, East English Village, Grand River/Greenfield, North-End, and Osborn. A Michigan Metropolitan Information Center study has routinely shown crime in Downtown Detroit (CBD) is much lower than national, state and metro averages.
Detroit recorded 308 criminal homicides in 2010, a 15.4% drop from the previous years count of 364. Non-fatal shootings were also down 10.5% from the previous year.
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