Canton Township, MI has a B safety grade (74/100) with a violent crime rate of 173 per 100,000, 51% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Canton Township, MI Crime Rate & Safety
At 97,844 residents, Canton Township is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against MI and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Canton Township, MI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 51% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Canton Township, MI shows violent crime at 172.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,051.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 51% 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
172.7/100K violent
1051.7/100K property
-51% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Canton Township, MI
Comparable rate records
Canton Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Canton Township's 172.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Saginaw Township (173.7), Negaunee (171.6), Charlevoix (170.4), Beaverton (170.1). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 155.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 172.7 in 2024 (+11.4%). The highest observed value was 220.5 in 2021 and the lowest 155.1 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Canton Township sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 172.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Canton Township ranks 195 of 366 — above 171 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -8.3% 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 Canton 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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Canton Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Canton Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 1,198 offenses; mix index 5,702).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
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
-15.4%
204.2 → 172.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2.9%
1082.7 → 1051.7/100K
Property offenses lead Canton Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,029
1051.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
888
907.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
83
84.8
-
Burglary
58
59.3
-
Arson
2
2
-
Violent Crime
169
172.7
352
Aggravated Assault
138
141
-
Rape
23
23.5
-
Robbery
5
5.1
-
Murder
3
3.1
-
Canton Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Canton 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 averages
Canton Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Canton Township NIBRS-participating
Canton Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Canton Township's 1,198 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 Canton Township in population. Their populations run from 79,985 to 111,965, against 97,844 here. Or use our
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Canton Township at 172.7/100K violent and 1,051.7/100K property - matched below outside Michigan (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Canton Township reported 169 violent crimes and 1,029 property crimes, for a total of 1,198 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Canton Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Canton Township's violent crime rate decreased by 15.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.9%.
What is the most common crime in Canton Township?
The most common crime type in Canton Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.1% of all reported crimes (888 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Canton Township's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Canton Township, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.