Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0For property crime, Brownstown Township beats 69% of U.S. towns per resident
Weighing it all, Brownstown Township earns B for safety (#97 of 266 graded towns in Michigan), with less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Add to that, of the 5 towns on its borders with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.7 violent crimes and 6.9 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 5.4 and 17.5 in the rest of Michigan.
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 Brownstown Township
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Michigan towns on Brownstown Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Rockwood (A−), Gibraltar (B+), Huron Township (B−), Riverview (B−), Flat Rock (B−). Berlin Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Grosse Ile Township and Woodhaven reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Brownstown Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Brownstown Township’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.7) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Brownstown Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Brownstown Township’s police reported 169 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Brownstown 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Brownstown Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Brownstown Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.2 | 18.8 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 8.5 | 19.5 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 6.9 | 17.4 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
241 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.
69 violent and 172 property, as reported to the FBI by Brownstown Township’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Brownstown Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Brownstown Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Brownstown Township’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Brownstown Township’s own rate (4.9) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Brownstown Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown Township | B | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| Berlin Township | — | — | — |
| Gibraltar | B+ | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| Grosse Ile Township | — | — | — |
| Huron Township | B− | 2.9 | 5.3 |
| Riverview | B− | 2.0 | 8.9 |
| Flat Rock | B− | 2.8 | 9.8 |
| Woodhaven | — | — | — |
| Rockwood | A− | 1.2 | 4.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Berlin Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Grosse Ile Township and Woodhaven reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown Township | B | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| White Lake Township | A | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Northville Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.8 |
| Bay City | C− | 5.6 | 17.9 |
| Eastpointe | D | 7.0 | 23.4 |
| Jackson | D− | 9.9 | 35.0 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Brownstown Township’s population (32,680), 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 Brownstown 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 Brownstown Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,695 in 2025); our figure for Brownstown Township is 32,680 (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 Brownstown Township
Is Brownstown Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Brownstown Township reports less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #97 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.7 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 Brownstown Township?
1.7 violent and 6.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Brownstown Township in 2025?
Brownstown Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Brownstown Township safer than Gibraltar?
Gibraltar reports less crime per resident than Brownstown Township: Gibraltar grades B+ for safety and Brownstown Township B. Gibraltar’s police reported 1.5 violent and 4.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Brownstown Township?
Brownstown Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Brownstown 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.