Crime in Dalton, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Dalton at 55% below the U.S. rate per resident: 15% lower for persons crimes and 64% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.6% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Dalton. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 7.8 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.7 violent, 5.1 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Dalton is lower than 57% of the 343 other Michigan places and 65% 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 Dalton's 7 census block groups for 11,118 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 Dalton.
- 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 Dalton
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 35 and 51.
- 0–5070.2%
- 50–10029.8%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 2.4 times 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 10.6% 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.
Dalton against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,581 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Dalton's, and 361 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Dalton's major-crime index is higher than 1, lower than 4 and within 15% of 3 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Muskegon Township (7 mi), is 2.4 times Dalton's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Dalton
Is Dalton safe?
Dalton's major-crime index is 45, 55% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 57% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 15% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 64% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Dalton?
The model expects about 86 major crimes a year in Dalton, about 7.8 per 1,000 residents, 55% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Dalton?
Expected major crimes in Dalton are down 10.6% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Dalton?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 28 a year), aggravated assault (about 20 a year) and rape / sexual assault (about 9 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Dalton?
The model expects about 7 thefts from vehicles a year in Dalton, 77% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Dalton?
The model expects about 7 motor vehicle thefts a year in Dalton, 63% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Dalton safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 45 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 48 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 Dalton higher than the Michigan average?
Dalton's major-crime index is 45, 51% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Dalton compare with Muskegon Township?
Muskegon Township, 7 miles away, has a major-crime index of 109, 2.4 times Dalton's rate per resident. Dalton's is 45.
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. Dalton's figures add up its 7 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Dalton 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: 11,118. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Dalton, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/dalton
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