Crime in Lyon, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Lyon at 82% below the U.S. rate per resident: 84% lower for persons crimes and 81% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.3% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Lyon. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 3.1 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 2.6 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Lyon is lower than 97% of the 343 other Michigan places and 97% 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 Lyon's 14 census block groups for 27,464 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 Lyon.
- 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 Lyon
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 9 and 17.
- 0–5094.9%
- 50–1000.0%
- 100–2005.1%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Lyon is near or below 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 7.3% 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.
Lyon against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
1,109 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Lyon's, and 10 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Lyon's major-crime index is lower than 7 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, South Lyon (2 mi), is within 15% of Lyon's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Lyon
Is Lyon safe?
Lyon's major-crime index is 18, 82% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 97% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 84% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 81% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Lyon?
The model expects about 85 major crimes a year in Lyon, about 3.1 per 1,000 residents, 82% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Lyon?
Expected major crimes in Lyon are down 7.3% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Lyon?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 22 a year), theft from vehicle (about 18 a year) and other larceny (about 17 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Lyon?
The model expects about 18 thefts from vehicles a year in Lyon, 75% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Lyon?
The model expects about 9 motor vehicle thefts a year in Lyon, 80% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Lyon safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 15 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 22 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 Lyon higher than the Michigan average?
Lyon's major-crime index is 18, 80% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Lyon compare with South Lyon?
South Lyon, 2 miles away, has a major-crime index of 21, within 15% of Lyon's rate per resident. Lyon's is 18.
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. Lyon's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Lyon 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: 27,464. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Lyon, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/lyon
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