County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led

Macomb County, MI

At 881,217 residents, Macomb County is a very large county in Michigan. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).

Data updated 2026-08-24

837
Property offenses
229
Violent offenses
1,066
Total · 2024

Macomb County, MI reported 26 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Macomb County, MI agencies reported 229 violent and 837 property offenses. That equals about 26 violent and 95 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.

  • 2024 UCR year
  • 229 violent offenses
  • 26/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Macomb County, MI

Position in the state cohort

Macomb County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Michigan counties

At 26.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Macomb County ranks 61 of 67 — above 6 of the 66 other Michigan counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -66.5% against the cohort median of 77.6. Counties 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 lower

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 32.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 26.0 in 2024 (-20.2%). The highest observed value was 39.2 in 2021 and the lowest 22.4 in 2022. 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 21.5% of the 1,066 Part I offenses reported in Macomb County for 2024, against a median of 24.5% across comparable Michigan counties — a gap of 3.0 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.

On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county

Category Count
Property Crime 837
Burglary 62
Larceny-Theft 606
Motor Vehicle Theft 169
Arson 5
Violent Crime 229
Murder 1
Rape 41
Robbery 13
Aggravated Assault 174

Reporting Agency

Macomb County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Macomb County's crime figures on this page originate from Macomb County Sheriff's Office'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 Counties in Michigan

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Michigan counties closest to Macomb County in population. Their populations run from 296,200 to 1,274,395, against 881,217 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Macomb County

Similar violent rate (~26/100K)

Similar property rate (~95/100K)

ZIP Codes in Macomb County

State atlas: Michigan · Compare · Rankings

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.

FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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