Crime in Thomas, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Thomas at 52% below the U.S. rate per resident: 38% lower for persons crimes and 56% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.6% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Thomas. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 8.2 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.0 violent, 6.2 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Thomas is lower than 53% of the 343 other Michigan places and 62% 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 Thomas's 8 census block groups for 11,940 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 Thomas.
- 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 Thomas
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 22 and 75.
- 0–5067.4%
- 50–10014.7%
- 100–20017.9%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Thomas is near or below 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 fell 7.6% 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.
Thomas against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,500 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Thomas's, and 390 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Thomas's major-crime index is higher than 2 and lower than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Shields (1 mi), is 28% above Thomas's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Thomas
Is Thomas safe?
Thomas's major-crime index is 48, 52% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 53% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 38% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 56% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Thomas?
The model expects about 98 major crimes a year in Thomas, about 8.2 per 1,000 residents, 52% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Thomas?
Expected major crimes in Thomas are down 7.6% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Thomas?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 31 a year), shoplifting (about 22 a year) and aggravated assault (about 20 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Thomas?
The model expects about 5 thefts from vehicles a year in Thomas, 84% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Thomas?
The model expects about 4 motor vehicle thefts a year in Thomas, 78% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Thomas safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 45 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 55 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 Thomas higher than the Michigan average?
Thomas's major-crime index is 48, 49% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Thomas compare with Shields?
Shields, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 61, 28% above Thomas's rate per resident. Thomas's is 48.
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. Thomas's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Thomas 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: 11,940. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Thomas, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/thomas
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