CrimeMetric

Crime in Hillsdale, Michigan

Major crime in Hillsdale is 49% below the U.S. rate per resident: 30% lower for persons crimes and 53% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.1% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
51
49% below the U.S. rate
45% below the Michigan rate
down 8.1% in a year
Persons crimes
70
30% below the U.S. rate
47% below the Michigan rate
down 5.6% in a year
Property crimes
47
53% below the U.S. rate
44% below the Michigan rate
down 8.9% in a year
Social disorder
62
38% below the U.S. rate
36% below the Michigan rate
down 5.5% 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

Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 2.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Hillsdale 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 Hillsdale

The middle half of Hillsdale residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 22 and 49; the typical (median) resident's is 29. The citywide figure (51) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Hillsdale, 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.
  • 0–5082.0%
  • 50–1005.5%
  • 100–2007.4%
  • 200–4005.1%
  • 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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm62
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am42
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm47
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am42
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.1% in a year; across Michigan it fell 6.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.1%MI -6.1%-13.4%MI -11.8%
Persons crimes-5.6%MI -1.8%-0.8%MI -1.3%
Property crimes-8.9%MI -7.5%-17.5%MI -15.5%
Social disorder-5.5%MI -2.9%-6.1%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

Hillsdale against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,346 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Hillsdale; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Somers, WI7,32977
Hillsdale, MI7,33551

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

Nearby places

Hillsdale has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Jonesville (5 mi), is 1.9 times Hillsdale's rate.

Jackson25 mi232
Albion23 mi168
Hudson15 mi72
Coldwater19 mi67
Hillsdale51
Morenci26 mi35

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

Questions about crime in Hillsdale

What are the most common crimes in Hillsdale?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 18 a year), shoplifting (about 16 a year) and aggravated assault (about 10 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 2.3 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. Hillsdale's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Hillsdale 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: 7,335. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100