Beaverton, MI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 52% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Beaverton, MI shows violent crime at 170.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,530.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 52% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
170.1/100K violent
1530.6/100K property
-52% vs U.S.
The verdict
Beaverton earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 52% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-52%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
52nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,530.6
property crimes per 100K
Based on 2 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,176. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Beaverton, MI
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Beaverton reported 2 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,176. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Beaverton's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Beaverton's 170.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Charlevoix (170.4), Fenton (169.4), St. Johns (168.9), Negaunee (171.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 339.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 170.1 in 2024 (-50.0%). The highest observed value was 695.7 in 2022 and the lowest 170.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 10.0% of the 20 Part I offenses reported in Beaverton for 2024, against a median of 16.8% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 6.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 94.4% of reported property offenses in Beaverton, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (1) and motor vehicle theft (0). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Beaverton sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 170.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Beaverton ranks 198 of 366 — above 168 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -9.7% against the cohort median of 188.3. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Beaverton's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 2 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,176. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-71.8%
602.4 → 170.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
+11.2%
1376.9 → 1530.6/100K
Property offenses lead Beaverton's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
18
1530.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
17
1445.6
-
Burglary
1
85
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
2
170.1
352
Rape
1
85
-
Aggravated Assault
1
85
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Beaverton Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Beaverton property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,530.6/100K↑11.2%vs 2023
Beaverton violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
170.1/100K↓71.8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,177
339.8
764.7
13
2021
Comparable
1,173
255.8
1193.5
17
2022
Comparable
1,150
695.7
434.8
13
2023
Comparable
1,162
602.4
1376.9
23
2024
Comparable
1,176
170.1
1530.6
20
How Beaverton sits among MI peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Beaverton Police Department NIBRS-participating
Beaverton's crime figures on this page originate from Beaverton Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Michigan
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Michigan cities closest to Beaverton in population. Their populations run from 1,082 to 1,272, against 1,176 here. Or use our
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These Michigan cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Beaverton's 170.1/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Beaverton has a violent crime rate of 170.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1530.6 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Beaverton, MI safe? ▼
Beaverton receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 70/100. The violent crime rate is 52% below the national average and 61% below the Michigan average.
What is the population of Beaverton, MI? ▼
The reporting population for Beaverton is 1,176 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Beaverton? ▼
In 2024, Beaverton reported 2 violent crimes and 18 property crimes, for a total of 20 reported offenses.
How do Beaverton's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Beaverton recorded about one reported offense per 59 residents and one reported violent offense per 588 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Beaverton? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Beaverton's violent crime rate decreased by 71.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 11.2%.
What is the most common crime in Beaverton? ▼
The most common crime type in Beaverton is larceny-theft, accounting for 85.0% of all reported crimes (17 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Beaverton's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Beaverton, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.