Crime in Niles Township, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Niles Township at 37% below the U.S. rate per resident: 18% lower for persons crimes and 41% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 13.3% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Niles 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 10.9 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.6 violent, 8.3 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Niles Township is higher than 47% of the 343 other Michigan places and lower than 46% 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 Niles Township's 13 census block groups for 15,058 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 Niles 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 Niles Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 37 and 70.
- 0–5054.9%
- 50–10033.5%
- 100–2007.9%
- 200–4003.7%
- 400+0.0%
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Weapons violations stand out most, at 2.3 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest in the daytime
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 13.3% 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.
Niles Township against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,128 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Niles Township's, and 366 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Niles Township's major-crime index is lower than 6 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Niles (1 mi), is 49% above Niles Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Niles Township
Is Niles Township safe?
Niles Township's major-crime index is 63, 37% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 47% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 18% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 41% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Niles Township?
The model expects about 163 major crimes a year in Niles Township, about 10.9 per 1,000 residents, 37% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Niles Township?
Expected major crimes in Niles Township are down 13.3% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Niles Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 48 a year), shoplifting (about 37 a year) and aggravated assault (about 28 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Niles Township?
The model expects about 10 thefts from vehicles a year in Niles Township, 76% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Niles Township?
The model expects about 8 motor vehicle thefts a year in Niles Township, 67% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Niles Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 55 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 72 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 Niles Township higher than the Michigan average?
Niles Township's major-crime index is 63, 32% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Niles Township compare with Niles?
Niles, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 94, 49% above Niles Township's rate per resident. Niles Township's is 63.
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. Niles Township's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Niles 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: 15,058. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Niles Township, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/niles-township
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