Crime in Pittsfield, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Pittsfield at about the U.S. rate per resident: 11% lower for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 18.6% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Pittsfield. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 17.4 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.8 violent, 14.6 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Pittsfield is higher than 67% of the 343 other Michigan places and 64% 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 Pittsfield's 36 census block groups for 40,905 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 Pittsfield.
- 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 Pittsfield
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 24 and 88.
- 0–5054.5%
- 50–10031.3%
- 100–2009.7%
- 200–4004.5%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.9 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 18.6% 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.
Pittsfield against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
252 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Pittsfield's, and 184 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Pittsfield's major-crime index is higher than 6 and lower than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Ann Arbor (4 mi), is 18% above Pittsfield's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Pittsfield
Is Pittsfield safe?
Pittsfield's major-crime index is 101, about the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 67% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 11% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes about the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Pittsfield?
The model expects about 711 major crimes a year in Pittsfield, about 17.4 per 1,000 residents, about the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Pittsfield?
Expected major crimes in Pittsfield are down 18.6% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Pittsfield?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 250 a year), other larceny (about 165 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 120 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Pittsfield?
The model expects about 120 thefts from vehicles a year in Pittsfield, 11% above the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Pittsfield?
The model expects about 36 motor vehicle thefts a year in Pittsfield, 44% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Pittsfield safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 92 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 111 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 Pittsfield higher than the Michigan average?
Pittsfield's major-crime index is 101, within 15% of the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Pittsfield compare with Ann Arbor?
Ann Arbor, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 120, 18% above Pittsfield's rate per resident. Pittsfield's is 101.
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. Pittsfield's figures add up its 36 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Pittsfield 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: 40,905. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Pittsfield, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/pittsfield
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