Crime in Cooper, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Cooper at 28% below the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 34% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 11.3% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Cooper. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 12.4 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (3.1 violent, 9.3 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Cooper is higher than 53% of the 343 other Michigan places and 45% 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 Cooper's 7 census block groups for 10,461 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 Cooper.
- 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 Cooper
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 63 and 88.
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No crime type in Cooper is more than 15% 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 11.3% 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.
Cooper against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
967 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Cooper's, and 379 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Cooper has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Kalamazoo Township (4 mi), is 2.5 times Cooper's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Cooper
Is Cooper safe?
Cooper's major-crime index is 72, 28% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 53% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are about the U.S. rate, and property crimes 34% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Cooper?
The model expects about 129 major crimes a year in Cooper, about 12.4 per 1,000 residents, 28% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Cooper?
Expected major crimes in Cooper are down 11.3% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Cooper?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 34 a year), aggravated assault (about 28 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 25 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Cooper?
The model expects about 25 thefts from vehicles a year in Cooper, 8% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Cooper?
The model expects about 15 motor vehicle thefts a year in Cooper, 8% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Cooper safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 49 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 96 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 Cooper higher than the Michigan average?
Cooper's major-crime index is 72, 22% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Cooper compare with Kalamazoo Township?
Kalamazoo Township, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 178, 2.5 times Cooper's rate per resident. Cooper's is 72.
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. Cooper's figures add up its 7 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Cooper 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: 10,461. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Cooper, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/cooper
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