Emmett Township, MI carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 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.
The verdict
Emmett Township earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 23% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-23%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
34th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
4,206.8
property crimes per 100K
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.
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
Property crime rate (2024)
4,206.8/100K↓22.6%vs 2023
Emmett Township violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
272.5/100K↓36.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
11,611
267
4874.7
597
2021
Comparable
11,531
372.9
5663
696
2022
Comparable
11,607
361.9
5824.1
718
2023
Comparable
11,648
429.3
5434.4
683
2024
Comparable
11,743
272.5
4206.8
526
How Emmett Township sits among MI peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Emmett Township Police Department NIBRS-participating
Emmett Township's crime figures on this page originate from Emmett 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 Emmett Township in population. Their populations run from 11,441 to 12,010, against 11,743 here. Or use our
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These Michigan cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Emmett Township's 272.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Emmett Township has a violent crime rate of 272.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 4206.8 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Emmett Township, MI safe? ▼
Emmett Township receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 43/100. The violent crime rate is 23% below the national average and 37% below the Michigan average.
What is the population of Emmett Township, MI? ▼
The reporting population for Emmett Township is 11,743 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Emmett Township? ▼
In 2024, Emmett Township reported 32 violent crimes and 494 property crimes, for a total of 526 reported offenses.
How do Emmett Township's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Emmett Township recorded about one reported offense per 22 residents and one reported violent offense per 367 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
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.