Waterford Township, MI has a B safety grade (65/100) with a violent crime rate of 279 per 100,000, 21% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Waterford Township, MI Crime Rate & Safety
At 69,066 residents, Waterford Township is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against MI and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Waterford Township, MI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 21% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Waterford Township, MI shows violent crime at 279.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 829.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 21% 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
279.4/100K violent
829.6/100K property
-21% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Waterford Township, MI
Comparable rate records
Waterford Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Waterford Township's 279.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Covert Township (280.4), Garden City (280.7), Blackman Township (281.4), Vernon (277.4). 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 59.9% of reported property offenses in Waterford Township, against a cohort median of 79.7%. The remainder is burglary (127) and motor vehicle theft (103). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 25.2% of the 766 Part I offenses reported in Waterford Township for 2024, against a median of 16.7% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 8.5 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
Waterford Township sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 279.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Waterford Township ranks 125 of 366 — above 241 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +49.5% 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 235.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 279.4 in 2024 (+18.9%). The highest observed value was 283.4 in 2023 and the lowest 217.4 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Waterford 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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Waterford Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Waterford Township leans on larceny-theft at 45% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,928.
Violent offenses are 25% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
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
-1.4%
283.4 → 279.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.1%
828.6 → 829.6/100K
Property offenses lead Waterford Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
573
829.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
343
496.6
-
Burglary
127
183.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
103
149.1
-
Arson
2
2.9
-
Violent Crime
193
279.4
352
Aggravated Assault
164
237.5
-
Rape
22
31.9
-
Robbery
6
8.7
-
Murder
1
1.4
-
Waterford Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Waterford Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Waterford Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Waterford Township NIBRS-participating
Waterford Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Waterford Township's 766 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
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How many crimes were reported in Waterford Township?
In 2024, Waterford Township reported 193 violent crimes and 573 property crimes, for a total of 766 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Waterford Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Waterford Township's violent crime rate decreased by 1.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.1%.
What is the most common crime in Waterford Township?
The most common crime type in Waterford Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 44.8% of all reported crimes (343 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Waterford Township's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Waterford Township, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.