Fraser, MI is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 33% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Fraser, MI shows violent crime at 236.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,944.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 33% 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
236.9/100K violent
1944.3/100K property
-33% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Fraser, MI
Comparable rate records
Fraser's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Fraser's 236.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Coldwater (238.5), Allen Park (239.0), Huron Township (234.3), Wyandotte (239.7). 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 10.9% of the 313 Part I offenses reported in Fraser for 2024, against a median of 16.8% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 5.9 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
Fraser sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 236.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Fraser ranks 147 of 366 — above 219 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +26.7% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 214.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 236.9 in 2024 (+10.7%). The highest observed value was 333.6 in 2023 and the lowest 214.1 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Fraser'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.
Fraser's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.1 Census sq mi, Fraser logged 67.4 property and 8.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Fraser's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 313 offenses; mix index 5,895).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.1 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
-29%
333.6 → 236.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
+6.4%
1827.7 → 1944.3/100K
Property offenses lead Fraser's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MI
Property Crime
279
1944.3
1395.3
Larceny-Theft
237
1651.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
25
174.2
-
Burglary
17
118.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
34
236.9
431.4
Aggravated Assault
25
174.2
-
Rape
6
41.8
-
Robbery
2
13.9
-
Murder
1
7
-
Fraser Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Fraser 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
Fraser: 237 violent, 1944 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Owosso: 564 violent, 1073 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Benton Township: 1880 violent, 6453 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Coldwater: 239 violent, 1343 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Harper Woods: 775 violent, 4267 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Springfield Township: 27 violent, 393 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Hazel Park: 203 violent, 1666 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Berkley: 34 violent, 343 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Lincoln Township: 141 violent, 841 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Fraser Police Department
Reporting agency for Fraser NIBRS-participating
Fraser Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Fraser's 313 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 Fraser in population. Their populations run from 14,040 to 14,864, against 14,350 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Fraser reported 34 violent crimes and 279 property crimes, for a total of 313 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Fraser?
From 2023 to 2024, Fraser's violent crime rate decreased by 29%, and the property crime rate increased by 6.4%.
What is the most common crime in Fraser?
The most common crime type in Fraser is larceny-theft, accounting for 75.7% of all reported crimes (237 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Fraser 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 Fraser, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.