Crime in Saginaw Township, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Saginaw Township at 7% above the U.S. rate per resident: 31% lower for persons crimes and 15% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 6.3% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Saginaw 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 18.3 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.2 violent, 16.1 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Saginaw Township is higher than 71% of the 343 other Michigan places and 67% 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 Saginaw Township's 29 census block groups for 40,991 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 33 and 130.
- 0–5046.1%
- 50–10011.3%
- 100–20034.1%
- 200–4003.5%
- 400+4.9%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.4 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekend daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime rose 6.3% 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.
Saginaw Township against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
229 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Saginaw Township's, and 177 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Saginaw Township's major-crime index is higher than 4, lower than 2 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Saginaw (3 mi), is 2.4 times Saginaw Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Saginaw Township
Is Saginaw Township safe?
Saginaw Township's major-crime index is 107, 7% above the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 71% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 31% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 15% above the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Saginaw Township?
The model expects about 750 major crimes a year in Saginaw Township, about 18.3 per 1,000 residents, 7% above the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Saginaw Township?
Expected major crimes in Saginaw Township are up 6.3% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Saginaw Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 314 a year), other larceny (about 156 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 81 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Saginaw Township?
The model expects about 81 thefts from vehicles a year in Saginaw Township, 26% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Saginaw Township?
The model expects about 37 motor vehicle thefts a year in Saginaw Township, 43% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Saginaw Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 86 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 128 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 Saginaw Township higher than the Michigan average?
Saginaw Township's major-crime index is 107, 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 Saginaw Township compare with Saginaw?
Saginaw, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 252, 2.4 times Saginaw Township's rate per resident. Saginaw Township's is 107.
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. Saginaw Township's figures add up its 29 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Saginaw 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: 40,991. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Saginaw Township, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/saginaw-township
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