Crime in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Grand Rapids Township at 47% below the U.S. rate per resident: 48% lower for persons crimes and 47% 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 Grand Rapids 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 9.0 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.6 violent, 7.4 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Grand Rapids Township is lower than 49% of the 343 other Michigan places and 57% 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 Grand Rapids Township's 12 census block groups for 20,111 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 Grand Rapids 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 Grand Rapids Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 34 and 63.
- 0–5045.7%
- 50–10047.3%
- 100–2007.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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No crime type in Grand Rapids Township 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.
Grand Rapids Township against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,379 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Grand Rapids Township's, and 384 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Grand Rapids Township's major-crime index is higher than 3, lower than 3 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Northview (4 mi), is 24% above Grand Rapids Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Grand Rapids Township
Is Grand Rapids Township safe?
Grand Rapids Township's major-crime index is 53, 47% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 49% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 48% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 47% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Grand Rapids Township?
The model expects about 182 major crimes a year in Grand Rapids Township, about 9.0 per 1,000 residents, 47% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Grand Rapids Township?
Expected major crimes in Grand Rapids Township are down 11.3% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Grand Rapids Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 59 a year), other larceny (about 43 a year) and aggravated assault (about 23 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Grand Rapids Township?
The model expects about 23 thefts from vehicles a year in Grand Rapids Township, 56% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Grand Rapids Township?
The model expects about 8 motor vehicle thefts a year in Grand Rapids Township, 77% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Grand Rapids Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 46 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 60 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 Grand Rapids Township higher than the Michigan average?
Grand Rapids Township's major-crime index is 53, 43% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Grand Rapids Township compare with Northview?
Northview, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 65, 24% above Grand Rapids Township's rate per resident. Grand Rapids Township's is 53.
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. Grand Rapids Township's figures add up its 12 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Grand Rapids 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: 20,111. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/grand-rapids-township
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