Midland, MI carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 65% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Midland, MI shows violent crime at 121.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 655.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 65% 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
121.7/100K violent
655.6/100K property
-65% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Midland, MI
Comparable rate records
Midland's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Midland's 121.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are St. Joseph Township (123.4), Petoskey (119.9), Royal Oak (124.0), Clayton Township (124.4). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 155.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 121.7 in 2024 (-21.9%). The highest observed value was 155.9 in 2020 and the lowest 120.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Midland sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 121.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Midland ranks 234 of 366 — above 132 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -35.3% against the cohort median of 188.3. 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 88.6% of reported property offenses in Midland, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (22) and motor vehicle theft (10). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Midland'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.
Midland's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 34.5 Census sq mi, Midland logged 8.1 property and 1.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Midland's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (75% of 332 offenses; mix index 5,758).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (34.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+7.6%
609.2 → 655.6/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-0.5%
122.3 → 121.7/100K
Property offenses lead Midland's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
280
655.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
248
580.6
-
Burglary
22
51.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
10
23.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
52
121.7
352
Aggravated Assault
33
77.3
-
Rape
17
39.8
-
Murder
1
2.3
-
Robbery
1
2.3
-
Midland Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Midland 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
Midland Police Department
Reporting agency for Midland NIBRS-participating
Midland Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Midland's 332 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 Midland in population. Their populations run from 39,091 to 45,674, against 42,712 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Midland reported 52 violent crimes and 280 property crimes, for a total of 332 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Midland?
From 2023 to 2024, Midland's violent crime rate decreased by 0.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 7.6%.
What is the most common crime in Midland?
The most common crime type in Midland is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.7% of all reported crimes (248 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Midland 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 Midland, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.