Saginaw Township, MI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 51% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Saginaw Township, MI shows violent crime at 173.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,426.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 51% 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
173.7/100K violent
1426.7/100K property
-51% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Saginaw Township, MI
Comparable rate records
Saginaw Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Saginaw Township's 173.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Canton Township (172.7), Negaunee (171.6), Charlevoix (170.4), Beaverton (170.1). 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 220.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 173.7 in 2024 (-21.3%). The highest observed value was 220.7 in 2020 and the lowest 173.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 10.9% of the 654 Part I offenses reported in Saginaw Township 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
Saginaw Township sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 173.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Saginaw Township ranks 194 of 366 — above 172 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -7.7% 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 counts dominate Saginaw 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.
Saginaw Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Saginaw Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (71% of 654 offenses; mix index 5,324).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); 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
-20%
217 → 173.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-12.1%
1623.9 → 1426.7/100K
Property offenses lead Saginaw Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
583
1426.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
467
1142.8
-
Burglary
71
173.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
45
110.1
-
Arson
2
4.9
-
Violent Crime
71
173.7
352
Aggravated Assault
48
117.5
-
Rape
13
31.8
-
Robbery
8
19.6
-
Murder
2
4.9
-
Saginaw Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Saginaw Township 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
Saginaw Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Saginaw Township NIBRS-participating
Saginaw Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Saginaw Township's 654 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 Saginaw Township in population. Their populations run from 38,169 to 43,611, against 40,864 here. Or use our
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How many crimes were reported in Saginaw Township?
In 2024, Saginaw Township reported 71 violent crimes and 583 property crimes, for a total of 654 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Saginaw Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Saginaw Township's violent crime rate decreased by 20%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.1%.
What is the most common crime in Saginaw Township?
The most common crime type in Saginaw Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.4% of all reported crimes (467 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Saginaw 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 Saginaw Township, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.