Michigan Crime Watch: Alarming Statistics by City, Part Three E-H

This article is PART III of a five-part series focusing on ten different types of crimes committed in Michigan over a year, as reported in the FBI's Annual Crime Report (2021 analysis). With 424 cities studied, we'll look at them alphabetically, focusing on E-H or Cadillac through Durand. See the link below for the previous entries. As more cities are added, the links below will be updated.

Related: Michigan Crime Watch: Alarming Statistics by City, Part One A-B

Related: Michigan Crime Watch: Alarming Statistics by City, Part Two C-D

Related: Michigan Crime Watch: Alarming Statistics by City, Part Four I-O

The FBI's annual crime report includes a vast amount of information; we'll focus on ten different types of crime: violent crime, murder-nonnegligent manslaughter, rape 1, robbery, aggravated assault, property crime, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

MI Crime A-Z Part III: Annual Crime Analysis East Grand Rapids to Huron Township

This data set, Michigan cities and towns that fall alphabetically E through H, features two of Michigan's largest metros, Grand Rapids and Flint. Which one do you think saw more violent crime in 2021 (the year of the FBI analysis)?

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Surprisingly, if you guessed Flint, you'd be wrong. Despite having double the population, Grand Rapids (201,799 compared to Flint's 95,212) had more violent crime, with 1,286 reported. Flint was only two crimes behind at 1,284.

As to murders in the same year, Flint totaled 23 compared to Grand Rapids 8. The most startling statistic in this data set is the amount of rapes that occurred, with Grand Rapids reporting an alarming 144.

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Here's a closer look at the annual crime in 83 Michigan cities and townships, E-H.