Crime in South Haven, Michigan
Major crime in South Haven is 2.1 times the U.S. rate per resident: 1.6 times for persons crimes and 2.2 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.8% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Simple assault stands out most, at 4.0 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in South Haven for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in South Haven
South Haven is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 148; the middle half of residents live where it is between 90 and 283.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–10027.6%
- 100–20023.0%
- 200–40049.4%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekend daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.8% in a year; across Michigan it fell 6.1%
Change in expected crimes, with Michigan as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
South Haven against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
71 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than South Haven; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
South Haven has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Paw Paw Lake (13 mi), is 72% below South Haven's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in South Haven
What are the most common crimes in South Haven?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 56 a year), shoplifting (about 41 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 19 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 4.0 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. South Haven's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- South Haven has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 49.4% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- 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: 4,451. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in South Haven, Michigan." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/mi/south-haven
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Paw Paw Lake13 mi59
- Hartford14 mi58
- Benton Heights20 mi322
- Benton Harbor22 mi273
- Paw Paw23 mi135
- St. Joseph23 mi93
- Allegan23 mi34
- Fair Plain23 mi457