CrimeMetric

Crime in Fenton, Michigan

Major crime in Fenton is 16% below the U.S. rate per resident: 46% lower for persons crimes and 10% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.6% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
84
16% below the U.S. rate
10% below the Michigan rate
down 7.6% in a year
Persons crimes
54
46% below the U.S. rate
59% below the Michigan rate
down 4.4% in a year
Property crimes
90
10% below the U.S. rate
7% above the Michigan rate
down 8.0% in a year
Social disorder
84
16% below the U.S. rate
14% below the Michigan rate
down 5.2% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.4 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Fenton for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Fenton

The middle half of Fenton residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 29 and 115; the typical (median) resident's is 70. The citywide figure (84) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Fenton, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5047.7%
  • 50–10018.7%
  • 100–20023.0%
  • 200–40010.5%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm96
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am65
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm100
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am73
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.6% in a year; across Michigan it fell 6.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.6%MI -6.1%-15.2%MI -11.8%
Persons crimes-4.4%MI -1.8%-3.3%MI -1.3%
Property crimes-8.0%MI -7.5%-16.7%MI -15.5%
Social disorder-5.2%MI -2.9%-7.6%MI -5.4%

Change in expected crimes, with Michigan as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Fenton against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

905 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Fenton; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Cheney, WA11,773106
Flowood, MS11,78387
Fenton, MI11,78184
Fostoria, OH11,78043

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Fenton has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Lake Fenton (3 mi), is 75% below Fenton's rate.

Burton14 mi132
Flint16 mi125
Fenton84
Durand16 mi69
Milford16 mi55
Holly4 mi33

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Fenton

What are the most common crimes in Fenton?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 90 a year), other larceny (about 23 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 21 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 2.4 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Fenton's figures add up its 10 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Fenton has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • 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: 11,781. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Fenton, Michigan." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/mi/fenton

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100