For property crime, Blackman Township trails 86% of U.S. towns per resident
Each year brought 2.7 violent crimes and 25.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (5.4 and 17.4 in the rest of Michigan). Overall, Blackman Township grades C− for safety (#210 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. What’s more, the crimes the grade counts rose 7% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MI” is every other Michigan city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Blackman Township
Blackman Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Michigan towns on Blackman Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Jackson (D−). Summit Township, Rives Township, Sandstone Township and Leoni Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Blackman Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Crime in Blackman Township per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Blackman Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Blackman Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.4 | 18.7 | 2.4 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 24.5 | 19.4 | 1.9 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 25.8 | 17.3 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 25.0 | 15.5 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Blackman Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Blackman Township’s police reported 316 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,113 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
130 violent and 983 property, as reported to the FBI by Blackman Township’s police.
27 people died in crashes on Blackman Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Blackman Township had 26 fatal crashes in five years, in which 27 people died; 6 were pedestrians. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 21.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.3, 77 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Blackman Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackman Township | C− | 2.7 | 25.1 |
| Jackson | D− | 9.9 | 35.0 |
| Summit Township | — | — | — |
| Rives Township | — | — | — |
| Sandstone Township | — | — | — |
| Leoni Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Summit Township, Rives Township, Sandstone Township and Leoni Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackman Township | C− | 2.7 | 25.1 |
| Norton Shores | C | 2.3 | 18.7 |
| Auburn Hills | C− | 3.2 | 20.2 |
| Walker | C− | 2.3 | 24.7 |
| Romulus | D | 8.7 | 21.6 |
| Inkster | D | 10.4 | 19.1 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Blackman Township’s population (24,987), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Blackman Township. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Blackman Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (39,280 in 2025); our figure for Blackman Township is 24,987 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Blackman Township
Is Blackman Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Blackman Township reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #210 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 2.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Blackman Township?
2.7 violent and 25.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Blackman Township safer than Jackson?
Jackson reports more crime per resident than Blackman Township: Jackson grades D− for safety and Blackman Township C−. Jackson’s police reported 9.9 violent and 35.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Blackman Township?
Blackman Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Blackman Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.