Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
With a crime rate for both violent and property crime combined of 7 per 1,000 residents, the crime rate in Rochester is one of the lower rates in America among communities of all sizes (lower than 62% of America's communities). One's chance of becoming a victim of crime in Rochester is one in 143. Compared to communities within Michigan, Rochester‘s crime rate is lower than nearly 60% of the state's cities and towns.
Compared to other communities of similar population size, Rochester has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Rochester is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Rochester does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Rochester.
For Rochester, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Rochester than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1833, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.
Moreover, the rate of property crime in Rochester; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 6 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
7 |
83 |
90 |
Crime Rate
|
0.55 |
6.47 |
7.01 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.47 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 6 | 76 | 1 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.47 | 5.92 | 0.08 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |