Crime in Fruitport Township, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Fruitport Township at 29% above the U.S. rate per resident: 60% lower for persons crimes and 49% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.1% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Fruitport Township. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 22.2 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.3 violent, 20.9 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Fruitport Township is higher than 79% of the 343 other Michigan places and 76% 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 Fruitport Township's 10 census block groups for 16,071 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 Fruitport Township.
- 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 Fruitport Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 46 and 200.
- 0–5029.7%
- 50–10034.2%
- 100–20010.6%
- 200–40025.6%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 4.7 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 7.1% 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.
Fruitport Township against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
289 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Fruitport Township's, and 268 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Fruitport Township's major-crime index is higher than 5, lower than 2 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Norton Shores (5 mi), is 19% below Fruitport Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Fruitport Township
Is Fruitport Township safe?
Fruitport Township's major-crime index is 129, 29% above the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 79% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 60% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 49% above the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Fruitport Township?
The model expects about 357 major crimes a year in Fruitport Township, about 22.2 per 1,000 residents, 29% above the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Fruitport Township?
Expected major crimes in Fruitport Township are down 7.1% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Fruitport Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 241 a year), other larceny (about 60 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 21 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Fruitport Township?
The model expects about 21 thefts from vehicles a year in Fruitport Township, 52% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Fruitport Township?
The model expects about 7 motor vehicle thefts a year in Fruitport Township, 72% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Fruitport Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 113 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 155 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 Fruitport Township higher than the Michigan average?
Fruitport Township's major-crime index is 129, 40% above the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Fruitport Township compare with Norton Shores?
Norton Shores, 5 miles away, has a major-crime index of 105, 19% below Fruitport Township's rate per resident. Fruitport Township's is 129.
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. Fruitport Township's figures add up its 10 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Fruitport Township 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: 16,071. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Fruitport Township, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/fruitport-township
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