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This Michigan City Has The Fewest Robberies: Report
A recent report analyzed crime statistics and found this Metro Detroit city had only one robbery last year.
WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI — West Bloomfield topped a recent report analyzing where Michigan residents are least likely to get robbed. Safety experts at Frontpoint analyzed FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data to create list of each state’s city with the fewest robberies. According to the study, the U.S. is experiencing the lowest robbery rate in 20 years.
West Bloomfield Township has the lowest robbery rate in Michigan, with 1 in the last reported year. That's 0.15 robberies per 10,000 people.
For context, the most robbed Michigan city, Detroit, experienced 2,639, which is 39 robberies per 10,000 people.
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The Frontpoint team used 2017 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data to determine the city in each state with the lowest robbery rate. The FBI defines robbery as the “taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.”
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