Garden City, MI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 20% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Garden City, MI shows violent crime at 280.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 772.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 20% 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
280.7/100K violent
772.8/100K property
-20% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Garden City, MI
Comparable rate records
Garden City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Garden City's 280.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Covert Township (280.4), Blackman Township (281.4), Waterford Township (279.4), Cass City (282.5). 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
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 26.6% of the 274 Part I offenses reported in Garden City for 2024, against a median of 16.7% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 9.9 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 60.2% of reported property offenses in Garden City, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (33) and motor vehicle theft (47). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Garden City sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 280.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Garden City ranks 123 of 366 — above 243 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +50.1% 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 228.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 280.7 in 2024 (+22.9%). The highest observed value was 287.5 in 2021 and the lowest 153.6 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Garden City'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.
Garden City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.9 Census sq mi, Garden City logged 34.3 property and 12.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Garden City leans on larceny-theft at 44% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,791.
Violent offenses are 27% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.9 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
+52.2%
184.4 → 280.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-14.4%
903.2 → 772.8/100K
Property offenses lead Garden City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
201
772.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
121
465.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
47
180.7
-
Burglary
33
126.9
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
73
280.7
352
Aggravated Assault
53
203.8
-
Robbery
11
42.3
-
Rape
9
34.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Garden City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Garden City 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 averages
Garden City Police Department
Reporting agency for Garden City NIBRS-participating
Garden City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Garden City's 274 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 Garden City in population. Their populations run from 24,751 to 27,193, against 26,008 here. Or use our
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Garden City at 280.7/100K violent and 772.8/100K property - matched below outside Michigan (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Garden City reported 73 violent crimes and 201 property crimes, for a total of 274 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Garden City?
From 2023 to 2024, Garden City's violent crime rate increased by 52.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 14.4%.
What is the most common crime in Garden City?
The most common crime type in Garden City is larceny-theft, accounting for 44.2% of all reported crimes (121 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Garden City 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 Garden City, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.