Emmett Township, MI is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 23% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Emmett Township, MI shows violent crime at 272.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 4,206.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 23% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
272.5/100K violent
4206.8/100K property
-23% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Emmett Township, MI
Comparable rate records
Emmett Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Emmett Township's 272.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Fowlerville (273.5), Thomas Township (270.0), Sumpter Township (275.2), Madison Heights (276.7). 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.1% of the 526 Part I offenses reported in Emmett Township for 2024, against a median of 16.8% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 10.7 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.
Position in the state cohort
Emmett Township sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 272.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Emmett Township ranks 133 of 366 — above 233 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +45.8% 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 88.9% of reported property offenses in Emmett Township, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (36) and motor vehicle theft (19). 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 267.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 272.5 in 2024 (+2.1%). The highest observed value was 429.3 in 2023 and the lowest 267.0 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Emmett 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.
Emmett Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Emmett Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (83% of 526 offenses; mix index 7,040).
Violent offenses are only 6% 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
-36.5%
429.3 → 272.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-22.6%
5434.4 → 4206.8/100K
Property offenses lead Emmett Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MI
vs US avg
Property Crime
494
4206.8
1395.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
439
3738.4
-
-
Burglary
36
306.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
19
161.8
-
-
Arson
1
8.5
-
-
Violent Crime
32
272.5
431.4
352
Aggravated Assault
17
144.8
-
-
Rape
8
68.1
-
-
Robbery
6
51.1
-
-
Murder
1
8.5
-
-
Emmett Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Emmett 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 averagesRead the chart as a list
Emmett Township: 273 violent, 4207 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Fenton: 169 violent, 2397 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Riverview: 203 violent, 939 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Thomas Township: 270 violent, 709 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Ionia: 185 violent, 555 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Niles: 476 violent, 1876 property per 100,000 (grade D)
New Baltimore: 42 violent, 401 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
South Lyon: 58 violent, 291 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
East Grand Rapids: 61 violent, 1084 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Emmett Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Emmett Township NIBRS-participating
Emmett Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Emmett Township's 526 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, Emmett Township reported 32 violent crimes and 494 property crimes, for a total of 526 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Emmett Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Emmett Township's violent crime rate decreased by 36.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 22.6%.
What is the most common crime in Emmett Township?
The most common crime type in Emmett Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 83.5% of all reported crimes (439 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Emmett 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 Emmett Township, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.