2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Ann Arbor, MI vs Birmingham, AL

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- Birmingham has 80% more violent crime than Ann Arbor.
- Birmingham has 67% more property crime than Ann Arbor.
 Ann Arbor, MIBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock75.222.7
 Property Crime29.4  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Ann Arbor    49 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Highly educated city. traffic and parking is bad. university culture is nice, not sure about elsewhere. no good pizza! if you're looking for food, I recommend "a taste  More

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Uh, compared to my other favorite college towns this one lacks flavor. Safer and kinda pretty, but not the greenest place, it's fine. Good restaurants, music, art,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Ann Arbor bus service (AATA) is quite good. The Detroit Metro Airport is only a 20 min. drive away and is also quite good. The traffic in Ann Arbor is usually mild  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Ann Arbor, MichiganCrime Index
 Barton Hills, MI11.1
 Chelsea, MI16.3
 Saline, MI16.9
 Dexter, MI17.85
 Whitmore Lake, MI18.9
 Milan, MI20.65
 Manchester, MI21.2
 Ann Arbor, MI22.2
 Ypsilanti, MI43.95

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