A Year of Murder, Larceny, and Major Crime in 424 Michigan Cities

Usually, crime statistics in Michigan are examined from either a statewide or a large metropolitan area standpoint. On rare occasions, a story may give a broad overview of the laws broken in a given year in a single township. In this article, we'll look at a year in terms of 10 significant crimes that took place not in 1 but 424 individual cities and townships as reported by the FBI.

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The FBI's annual crime report takes an extensive look a the type of crime that makes up your favorite legal dramas: arson, motor vehicle theft, burglary, property crime, aggravated assault, robbery, rape, murder/manslaughter, and violent crime.

Looking at a Year of Crime in 424 Michigan Cities and Townships

It should come as no surprise that Michigan's most crime-heavy city is Detroit. With the largest population of any metro in the state (663,502), Motown had 13,040 violent crimes reported in a year, with 275 murders/manslaughters and an alarming 952 rapes.

While curiosity may lead to crime, what's interesting is that out of the 424 cities and townships included in the FBIs annual report, there were 53 cities in Michigan with zero murders, zero rapes, and zero violent crime.

If you've spent your entire life in one of Michigan's 'sleepy little towns', you know your city has its fair share of secrets.

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How many violent crimes were committed in the place you call home? What about where you grew up? Here's a city and township breakdown of annual crime in Michigan.