Benton Township, MI is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 434% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Benton Township, MI shows violent crime at 1,880.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 6,453 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 434% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
1880.3/100K violent
6453/100K property
+434% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Benton Township, MI
Position in the state cohort
Benton Township reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Michigan cities
At 1880.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Benton Township ranks 4 of 366 — above 362 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +905.7% against the cohort median of 187.0. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
Benton Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Benton Township's 1880.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Benton Harbor (1874.1), Vassar (1971.7), Detroit (1781.3), Saginaw (2201.5). 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 2456.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1880.3 in 2024 (-23.4%). The highest observed value was 2456.0 in 2020 and the lowest 1572.9 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 22.6% of the 1,170 Part I offenses reported in Benton Township for 2024, against a median of 16.7% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 5.9 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 counts dominate Benton Township'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Benton Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Benton Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (59% of 1,170 offenses; mix index 4,031).
Violent offenses are 23% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+19.5%
1572.9 → 1880.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
+11.6%
5781.5 → 6453/100K
Property offenses lead Benton Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MI
vs US avg
Property Crime
906
6453
1395.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
690
4914.5
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
131
933
-
-
Burglary
85
605.4
-
-
Arson
2
14.2
-
-
Violent Crime
264
1880.3
431.4
352
Aggravated Assault
225
1602.6
-
-
Robbery
19
135.3
-
-
Rape
17
121.1
-
-
Murder
3
21.4
-
-
Benton Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Benton Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Benton Township: 1880 violent, 6453 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Fraser: 237 violent, 1944 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Owosso: 564 violent, 1073 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Bath Township: 215 violent, 713 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Coldwater: 239 violent, 1343 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Harper Woods: 775 violent, 4267 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Springfield Township: 27 violent, 393 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Hazel Park: 203 violent, 1666 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Sault Ste. Marie: 406 violent, 1104 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Benton Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Benton Township NIBRS-participating
Benton Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Benton Township's 1,170 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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
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In 2024, Benton Township reported 264 violent crimes and 906 property crimes, for a total of 1,170 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Benton Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Benton Township's violent crime rate increased by 19.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 11.6%.
What is the most common crime in Benton Township?
The most common crime type in Benton Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 59.0% of all reported crimes (690 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Benton Township figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Benton Township, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.