Crime in Shelby Township, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Shelby Township at 63% below the U.S. rate per resident: 44% lower for persons crimes and 68% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 2.6% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Shelby 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 6.3 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.8 violent, 4.5 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Shelby Township is lower than 72% of the 343 other Michigan places and 76% 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 Shelby Township's 55 census block groups for 81,061 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 Shelby 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 Shelby Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 21 and 35.
- 0–5085.1%
- 50–10013.5%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4001.4%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Shelby Township 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 2.6% 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.
Shelby Township against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
534 of the 580 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Shelby Township's, and 28 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 91. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Shelby Township's major-crime index is higher than 4 and lower than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Utica (3 mi), is 4.7 times Shelby Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Shelby Township
Is Shelby Township safe?
Shelby Township's major-crime index is 37, 63% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 72% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 44% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 68% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Shelby Township?
The model expects about 513 major crimes a year in Shelby Township, about 6.3 per 1,000 residents, 63% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Shelby Township?
Expected major crimes in Shelby Township are down 2.6% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Shelby Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 172 a year), aggravated assault (about 123 a year) and shoplifting (about 89 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Shelby Township?
The model expects about 42 thefts from vehicles a year in Shelby Township, 80% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Shelby Township?
The model expects about 34 motor vehicle thefts a year in Shelby Township, 74% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Shelby Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 32 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 43 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 Shelby Township higher than the Michigan average?
Shelby Township's major-crime index is 37, 60% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Shelby Township compare with Utica?
Utica, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 174, 4.7 times Shelby Township's rate per resident. Shelby Township's is 37.
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. Shelby Township's figures add up its 55 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Shelby 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: 81,061. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Shelby Township, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/shelby-township
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