Conveniently located near Lansing, Detroit, Flint, and Ann Arbor, Hamburg ranks as the second safest city in Michigan. A large part of the credit for no reported homicides and robberies in 2012 is due to the Hamburg Township Police Department.ust minutes north of Detroit, the largest city in the Michigan’s top five safest cities boasts just nine violent crimes in 2012, including no murder or manslaughter. Realtor Coldwell Banker ranked Berkley as the 12th best place to live.