Somerset Township, MI FBI UCR crime rates and PlainCrime safety grade
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Somerset Township, MI shows violent crime at 0 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 763.4 per 100,000. 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
0/100K violent
763.4/100K property
The verdict
Somerset Township: among the safest cities in the country.
A+
PlainCrime safety grade
100th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
763.4
property crimes per 100K
Based on 0 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,585. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Somerset Township, MI
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Somerset Township reported 0 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 4,585. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 22.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024 (-100.0%). The highest observed value was 110.6 in 2021 and the lowest 0.0 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Somerset Township reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Michigan cities
At 0.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Somerset Township ranks 337 of 366 — above 0 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -100.0% 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.
Comparable rate records
Somerset Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Somerset Township's 0.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Addison Township (0.0), Akron (0.0), Bancroft (0.0), Breckenridge (0.0). 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 0.0% of the 35 Part I offenses reported in Somerset Township for 2024, against a median of 16.8% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 16.8 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 counts dominate Somerset 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.
Based on 0 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,585. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-100%
87 → 0/100K
Property Crime Rate
+30%
587.3 → 763.4/100K
Property offenses lead Somerset Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
35
763.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
29
632.5
-
Burglary
4
87.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
43.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
0
0
352
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Aggravated Assault
0
0
-
Somerset Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Somerset Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
763.4/100K↑30%vs 2023
Somerset Township violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
0/100K↓100%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
4,520
22.1
553.1
26
2021
Comparable
4,520
110.6
641.6
34
2022
Comparable
4,531
44.1
595.9
29
2023
Comparable
4,597
87
587.3
31
2024
Comparable
4,585
0
763.4
35
How Somerset Township sits among MI peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Somerset Township Police Department NIBRS-participating
Somerset Township's crime figures on this page originate from Somerset Township Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Somerset Township in population. Their populations run from 4,356 to 4,804, against 4,585 here. Or use our
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These Michigan cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Somerset Township's 0/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
What is the crime rate in Somerset Township, MI? ▼
Somerset Township has a violent crime rate of 0 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 763.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
What is the population of Somerset Township, MI? ▼
The reporting population for Somerset Township is 4,585 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Somerset Township? ▼
In 2024, Somerset Township reported 0 violent crimes and 35 property crimes, for a total of 35 reported offenses.
How do Somerset Township's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Somerset Township recorded about one reported offense per 131 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Somerset Township? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Somerset Township's violent crime rate decreased by 100%, and the property crime rate increased by 30%.
What is the most common crime in Somerset Township? ▼
The most common crime type in Somerset Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 82.9% of all reported crimes (29 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Somerset Township is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Somerset Township, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.