Brownstown Township, MI has a A safety grade (79/100) with a violent crime rate of 151 per 100,000, 57% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · mid-size city
Brownstown Township, MI Crime Rate & Safety
Brownstown Township (32,439 people) sits in the mid-size municipal band. This page opens with per-100,000 FBI UCR rates, then MI and national benchmarks.
Brownstown Township, MI carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 57% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Brownstown Township, MI shows violent crime at 151.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 690.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 57% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
151.1/100K violent
690.5/100K property
-57% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Brownstown Township, MI
Comparable rate records
Brownstown Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Brownstown Township's 151.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Marysville (151.6), Chelsea (150.0), Clare (152.2), Sandusky (149.3). 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 213.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 151.1 in 2024 (-29.4%). The highest observed value was 257.0 in 2021 and the lowest 151.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Brownstown Township sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 151.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Brownstown Township ranks 211 of 366 — above 155 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -19.8% 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 Brownstown 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.
Brownstown Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Brownstown Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (63% of 273 offenses; mix index 4,438).
Violent offenses are 18% 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.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-18.8%
850 → 690.5/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-1.7%
153.7 → 151.1/100K
Property offenses lead Brownstown Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
224
690.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
172
530.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
33
101.7
-
Burglary
19
58.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
49
151.1
352
Aggravated Assault
45
138.7
-
Rape
4
12.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Brownstown Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Brownstown Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Brownstown Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Brownstown Township NIBRS-participating
Brownstown Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Brownstown Township's 273 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Michigan cities closest to Brownstown Township in population. Their populations run from 29,591 to 34,604, against 32,439 here. Or use our
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How many crimes were reported in Brownstown Township?
In 2024, Brownstown Township reported 49 violent crimes and 224 property crimes, for a total of 273 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Brownstown Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Brownstown Township's violent crime rate decreased by 1.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 18.8%.
What is the most common crime in Brownstown Township?
The most common crime type in Brownstown Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.0% of all reported crimes (172 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Brownstown 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 Brownstown Township, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.