Oxford is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (63%) and also has a lower crime rate than 61% of the communities in Michigan, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Oxford is one in 164 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 44.

How does the crime rate in Oxford compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Oxford with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Oxford's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Oxford 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 Oxford.

For Oxford, 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 Oxford than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1725, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Oxford; 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.