Durand, MI is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 36% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Durand, MI shows violent crime at 225.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,203.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 36% 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
225.7/100K violent
1203.6/100K property
-36% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Durand, MI
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Durand reported 9 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,988. 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
Durand's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Durand's 225.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Cheboygan (225.7), Lathrup Village (225.5), Livonia (228.1), Otsego (223.0). 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 314.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 225.7 in 2024 (-28.2%). The highest observed value was 374.7 in 2023 and the lowest 131.9 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 95.8% of reported property offenses in Durand, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (2) 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
Durand sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 225.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Durand ranks 154 of 366 — above 212 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +20.7% 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.
Property counts dominate Durand'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 9 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,988. 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.
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.
Durand's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2 Census sq mi, Durand logged 24.6 property and 4.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Durand's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (81% of 57 offenses; mix index 6,664).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2 sq mi); 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
-39.8%
374.7 → 225.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-24.7%
1598.8 → 1203.6/100K
Property offenses lead Durand's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
48
1203.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
46
1153.5
-
Burglary
2
50.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
9
225.7
352
Aggravated Assault
6
150.5
-
Rape
3
75.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Durand Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Durand 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
Durand: 226 violent, 1204 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Lathrup Village: 226 violent, 977 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Marine City: 375 violent, 525 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Vicksburg: 328 violent, 1943 property per 100,000 (grade C)
South Haven: 673 violent, 4959 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Otsego: 223 violent, 842 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Lowell: 196 violent, 685 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Belleville: 310 violent, 1007 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Richland Township, Saginaw County: 52 violent, 362 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Durand Police Department
Reporting agency for Durand NIBRS-participating
Durand Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Durand's 57 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 Durand in population. Their populations run from 3,871 to 4,089, against 3,988 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Durand reported 9 violent crimes and 48 property crimes, for a total of 57 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Durand?
From 2023 to 2024, Durand's violent crime rate decreased by 39.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 24.7%.
What is the most common crime in Durand?
The most common crime type in Durand is larceny-theft, accounting for 80.7% of all reported crimes (46 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Durand 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 Durand, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.