Crime in Bedford, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Bedford at 58% below the U.S. rate per resident: 44% lower for persons crimes and 61% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 13.1% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Bedford. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 7.2 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.8 violent, 5.4 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Bedford is lower than 61% of the 343 other Michigan places and 69% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Bedford's 21 census block groups for 32,121 residents. How Michigan residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 97.5%, summary counts only for 0.6% and estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 1.9% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Bedford.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Bedford
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 29 and 47.
- 0–5078.4%
- 50–10018.1%
- 100–2003.6%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Bedford is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest in the daytime
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime rose 13.1% in a year; across Michigan it fell 6.1%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Michigan in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Bedford against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
823 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Bedford's, and 131 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Bedford's major-crime index is higher than 1, lower than 5 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Temperance (1 mi), is within 15% of Bedford's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Bedford
Is Bedford safe?
Bedford's major-crime index is 42, 58% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 61% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 44% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 61% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Bedford?
The model expects about 231 major crimes a year in Bedford, about 7.2 per 1,000 residents, 58% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Bedford?
Expected major crimes in Bedford are up 13.1% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Bedford?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 62 a year), shoplifting (about 51 a year) and aggravated assault (about 47 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Bedford?
The model expects about 24 thefts from vehicles a year in Bedford, 72% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Bedford?
The model expects about 15 motor vehicle thefts a year in Bedford, 70% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Bedford safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 42 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 44 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Bedford higher than the Michigan average?
Bedford's major-crime index is 42, 55% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Bedford compare with Temperance?
Temperance, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 39, within 15% of Bedford's rate per resident. Bedford's is 42.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Bedford's figures add up its 21 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Bedford has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 32,121. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Bedford, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/bedford
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