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Safest cities in Michigan? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates
Use this hub to compare validated Michigan city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.
Candidate-city rate
10.49
per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score
Validated cities55Current candidate pages
Candidate population1,221,105Sum of listed city estimates
Selected offenses12,812FBI NIBRS offense records
Highest-rate city candidates
Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.
Lansing Township
46.19 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Flint Township
42.78 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Kalamazoo Township
31.25 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Buena Vista Township
21.37 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Van Buren Township
21.01 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Redford Township
19.22 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Lowest-rate city candidates
Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.
Kinross Township
0.60 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Addison Township
0.64 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Argentine Township
1.14 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Oakland Township
1.71 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Brandon Township
1.74 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Adrian Township
1.90 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
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Michigan city candidates
| City | Population | Selected offenses | Rate per 1,000 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing Township | 8,032 | 371 | 46.19 | Roughly stable |
| Flint Township | 30,903 | 1,322 | 42.78 | Increasing |
| Kalamazoo Township | 22,494 | 703 | 31.25 | Decreasing |
| Buena Vista Township | 7,487 | 160 | 21.37 | Increasing |
| Van Buren Township | 29,707 | 624 | 21.01 | Roughly stable |
| Redford Township | 47,545 | 914 | 19.22 | Roughly stable |
| Pittsfield Township | 40,113 | 729 | 18.17 | Increasing |
| Mount Morris Township | 19,536 | 347 | 17.76 | Increasing |
| Meridian Township | 44,576 | 769 | 17.25 | Roughly stable |
| Fruitport Township | 15,444 | 242 | 15.67 | Mixed |
| Madison Township | 7,570 | 118 | 15.59 | Decreasing |
| Saginaw Township | 40,996 | 582 | 14.20 | Increasing |
| Genesee Township | 20,294 | 268 | 13.21 | Roughly stable |
| Grand Blanc Township | 39,894 | 451 | 11.30 | Roughly stable |
| Canton Township | 99,438 | 1,049 | 10.55 | Increasing |
| Chesterfield Township | 46,917 | 485 | 10.34 | Increasing |
| Bridgeport Township | 9,892 | 98 | 9.91 | Roughly stable |
| Davison Township | 20,379 | 184 | 9.03 | Increasing |
| Muskegon Township | 17,827 | 143 | 8.02 | Decreasing |
| Carrollton Township | 5,600 | 44 | 7.86 | Roughly stable |
| St. Joseph Township | 9,735 | 75 | 7.70 | Roughly stable |
| Waterford Township | 69,769 | 536 | 7.68 | Roughly stable |
| Bath Township | 13,517 | 100 | 7.40 | Decreasing |
| Thomas Township | 11,908 | 86 | 7.22 | Increasing |
| Denton Township | 5,421 | 39 | 7.19 | Roughly stable |
| Northville Township | 31,454 | 226 | 7.19 | Mixed |
| Hampton Township | 9,604 | 69 | 7.18 | Decreasing |
| Brownstown Township | 32,656 | 232 | 7.10 | Decreasing |
| Plymouth Township | 27,098 | 183 | 6.75 | Roughly stable |
| DeWitt Township | 15,429 | 92 | 5.96 | Decreasing |
| Northfield Township | 8,814 | 49 | 5.56 | Decreasing |
| Commerce Township | 44,126 | 244 | 5.53 | Increasing |
| West Bloomfield Township | 65,866 | 346 | 5.25 | Increasing |
| Beverly Hills | 10,438 | 50 | 4.79 | Mixed |
| Napoleon Township | 6,719 | 30 | 4.46 | Increasing |
| White Lake Township | 31,160 | 138 | 4.43 | Increasing |
| Green Oak Township | 19,897 | 82 | 4.12 | Roughly stable |
| Oscoda Township | 7,203 | 29 | 4.03 | Decreasing |
| Forsyth Township | 6,277 | 25 | 3.98 | Decreasing |
| Orion Township | 38,682 | 149 | 3.85 | Roughly stable |
| Spring Arbor Township | 8,515 | 30 | 3.52 | Increasing |
| Tittabawassee Township | 10,933 | 36 | 3.29 | Decreasing |
| Independence Township | 37,217 | 120 | 3.22 | Roughly stable |
| Cambridge Township | 5,745 | 18 | 3.13 | Mixed |
| Flushing Township | 10,585 | 33 | 3.12 | Decreasing |
| Raisin Township | 8,104 | 24 | 2.96 | Roughly stable |
| Grosse Ile Township | 10,430 | 25 | 2.40 | Increasing |
| Chocolay Township | 6,000 | 13 | 2.17 | Decreasing |
| Hamburg Township | 20,947 | 40 | 1.91 | Mixed |
| Adrian Township | 6,312 | 12 | 1.90 | Decreasing |
| Brandon Township | 15,477 | 27 | 1.74 | Increasing |
| Oakland Township | 20,491 | 35 | 1.71 | Mixed |
| Argentine Township | 7,008 | 8 | 1.14 | Roughly stable |
| Addison Township | 6,279 | 4 | 0.64 | Mixed |
| Kinross Township | 6,645 | 4 | 0.60 | Decreasing |
Important context
These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.