Crime in Garfield, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Garfield at 41% below the U.S. rate per resident: 10% higher for persons crimes and 53% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.2% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Garfield. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 10.1 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (3.5 violent, 6.6 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Garfield is higher than 43% of the 343 other Michigan places and lower than 50% 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 Garfield's 10 census block groups for 16,598 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 Garfield.
- 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 Garfield
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 29 and 99.
- 0–5059.8%
- 50–10023.1%
- 100–20017.1%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 2.6 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 7.2% 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.
Garfield against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,229 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Garfield's, and 371 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Garfield's major-crime index is higher than 3 and lower than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Traverse City (3 mi), is 21% above Garfield's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Garfield
Is Garfield safe?
Garfield's major-crime index is 59, 41% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 43% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 10% above the U.S. rate, and property crimes 53% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Garfield?
The model expects about 168 major crimes a year in Garfield, about 10.1 per 1,000 residents, 41% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Garfield?
Expected major crimes in Garfield are down 7.2% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Garfield?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 48 a year), aggravated assault (about 42 a year) and other larceny (about 38 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Garfield?
The model expects about 9 thefts from vehicles a year in Garfield, 80% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Garfield?
The model expects about 7 motor vehicle thefts a year in Garfield, 74% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Garfield safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 44 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 77 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 Garfield higher than the Michigan average?
Garfield's major-crime index is 59, 37% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Garfield compare with Traverse City?
Traverse City, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 71, 21% above Garfield's rate per resident. Garfield's is 59.
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. Garfield's figures add up its 10 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Garfield 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: 16,598. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Garfield, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/garfield
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