Crime in Byron, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Byron at 57% below the U.S. rate per resident: 45% lower for persons crimes and 59% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 12.8% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Byron. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 7.4 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.7 violent, 5.7 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Byron is lower than 59% of the 343 other Michigan places and 67% 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 Byron's 13 census block groups for 29,024 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 Byron.
- 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 Byron
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 24 and 43.
- 0–5076.8%
- 50–10019.2%
- 100–2004.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Simple assault stands out most, at 25% above the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 12.8% 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.
Byron against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
799 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Byron's, and 148 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Byron's major-crime index is higher than 1, lower than 6 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Byron Center (2 mi), is 36% below Byron's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Byron
Is Byron safe?
Byron's major-crime index is 43, 57% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 59% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 45% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 59% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Byron?
The model expects about 216 major crimes a year in Byron, about 7.4 per 1,000 residents, 57% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Byron?
Expected major crimes in Byron are down 12.8% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Byron?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 55 a year), other larceny (about 49 a year) and aggravated assault (about 39 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Byron?
The model expects about 25 thefts from vehicles a year in Byron, 67% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Byron?
The model expects about 14 motor vehicle thefts a year in Byron, 70% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Byron safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 40 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 47 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 Byron higher than the Michigan average?
Byron's major-crime index is 43, 53% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Byron compare with Byron Center?
Byron Center, 2 miles away, has a major-crime index of 28, 36% below Byron's rate per resident. Byron's is 43.
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. Byron's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Byron 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: 29,024. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Byron, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/byron
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