Marquette, MI carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 47% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Marquette, MI shows violent crime at 188.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 508.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 47% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
188.3/100K violent
508.4/100K property
-47% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Marquette, MI
Comparable rate records
Marquette's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Marquette's 188.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sparta (187.0), Davison Township (186.7), St. Clair Shores (185.5), St. Louis (185.3). 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 27.0% of the 148 Part I offenses reported in Marquette for 2024, against a median of 16.7% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 10.3 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 229.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 188.3 in 2024 (-17.8%). The highest observed value was 229.0 in 2020 and the lowest 153.2 in 2023. 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 90.7% of reported property offenses in Marquette, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (9) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Marquette sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 188.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Marquette ranks 183 of 366 — above 183 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +0.7% 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 Marquette'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.
Marquette's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11.3 Census sq mi, Marquette logged 9.6 property and 3.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Marquette's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 148 offenses; mix index 4,820).
Violent offenses are 27% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+22.9%
153.2 → 188.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-23.1%
660.8 → 508.4/100K
Property offenses lead Marquette's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
108
508.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
98
461.3
-
Burglary
9
42.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
4.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
40
188.3
352
Aggravated Assault
26
122.4
-
Rape
14
65.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Marquette Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Marquette 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
Marquette Police Department
Reporting agency for Marquette NIBRS-participating
Marquette Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Marquette's 148 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 Marquette in population. Their populations run from 20,129 to 21,326, against 21,245 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Marquette reported 40 violent crimes and 108 property crimes, for a total of 148 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Marquette?
From 2023 to 2024, Marquette's violent crime rate increased by 22.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.1%.
What is the most common crime in Marquette?
The most common crime type in Marquette is larceny-theft, accounting for 66.2% of all reported crimes (98 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Marquette 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 Marquette, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.