Buena Vista Township, MI carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 291% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Buena Vista Township, MI shows violent crime at 1,376.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,151 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 291% 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
1376.1/100K violent
2151/100K property
+291% vs U.S.
The verdict
Buena Vista Township earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 291% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+291%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
1st
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,151
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Buena Vista Township, MI
Position in the state cohort
Buena Vista Township reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Michigan cities
At 1376.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Buena Vista Township ranks 7 of 366 — above 359 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +636.0% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 39.0% of the 264 Part I offenses reported in Buena Vista Township for 2024, against a median of 16.7% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 22.3 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.
Comparable rate records
Buena Vista Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Buena Vista Township's 1376.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Lansing (1345.1), Manistique (1325.0), Albion (1317.2), Kalamazoo (1283.5). 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 58.4% of reported property offenses in Buena Vista Township, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (29) and motor vehicle theft (38). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 1193.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1376.1 in 2024 (+15.3%). The highest observed value was 1376.1 in 2024 and the lowest 983.2 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Buena Vista 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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+17.5%
1170.8 → 1376.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.9%
2621.1 → 2151/100K
Property offenses lead Buena Vista Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MI
Property Crime
161
2151
1395.3
Larceny-Theft
94
1255.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
38
507.7
-
Burglary
29
387.4
-
Arson
5
66.8
-
Violent Crime
103
1376.1
431.4
Aggravated Assault
84
1122.2
-
Rape
11
147
-
Robbery
7
93.5
-
Murder
1
13.4
-
Buena Vista Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Buena Vista Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,151/100K↓17.9%vs 2023
Buena Vista Township violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
1,376.1/100K↑17.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
8,047
1193
1727.4
235
2021
Comparable
8,035
983.2
1742.4
219
2022
Comparable
7,588
1186.1
1924.1
236
2023
Comparable
7,516
1170.8
2621.1
285
2024
Comparable
7,485
1376.1
2151
264
How Buena Vista Township sits among MI peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Buena Vista Township Police Department NIBRS-participating
Buena Vista Township's crime figures on this page originate from Buena Vista Township 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 Buena Vista Township in population. Their populations run from 7,234 to 7,699, against 7,485 here. Or use our
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These Michigan cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Buena Vista Township's 1,376.1/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
What is the crime rate in Buena Vista Township, MI? ▼
Buena Vista Township has a violent crime rate of 1376.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2151 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Buena Vista Township, MI safe? ▼
Buena Vista Township receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 11/100. The violent crime rate is 291% above the national average and 219% above the Michigan average.
What is the population of Buena Vista Township, MI? ▼
The reporting population for Buena Vista Township is 7,485 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Buena Vista Township? ▼
In 2024, Buena Vista Township reported 103 violent crimes and 161 property crimes, for a total of 264 reported offenses.
How do Buena Vista Township's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Buena Vista Township recorded about one reported offense per 28 residents and one reported violent offense per 73 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Buena Vista Township? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Buena Vista Township's violent crime rate increased by 17.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.9%.
What is the most common crime in Buena Vista Township? ▼
The most common crime type in Buena Vista Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 35.6% of all reported crimes (94 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Buena Vista Township is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Buena Vista Township, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.