Kolping Park and Chapel · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0For violent crime, Chesterfield Township beats 60% of U.S. towns per resident
Behind the grade sit 1.3 violent crimes and 10.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 5.4 and 17.5 in the rest of Michigan. All told, Chesterfield Township grades B for safety (#114 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The crimes the grade counts held steady 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 Chesterfield Township
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Michigan towns on Chesterfield Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: New Baltimore (A). Macomb Township, Harrison Township, Lenox Township and Ira Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Chesterfield 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Chesterfield Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Chesterfield Township’s police reported 179 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Chesterfield 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.
How crime in Chesterfield Township has moved
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| Year | Chesterfield Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Chesterfield Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.6 | 18.8 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 19.5 | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 10.5 | 17.4 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 9.7 | 15.6 | 1.5 | 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.
535 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.
73 violent and 462 property, as reported to the FBI by Chesterfield Township’s police.
20 people died in crashes on Chesterfield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Chesterfield Township had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 20 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.7 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.
Chesterfield Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Township | B | 1.3 | 10.1 |
| New Baltimore | A | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| Macomb Township | — | — | — |
| Harrison Township | — | — | — |
| Lenox Township | — | — | — |
| Ira Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Macomb Township, Harrison Township, Lenox Township and Ira Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Township | B | 1.3 | 10.1 |
| Commerce Township | A− | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| East Lansing | C+ | 2.1 | 12.9 |
| Portage | C− | 2.5 | 29.1 |
| Redford Township | D | 6.1 | 20.6 |
| Roseville | D | 5.1 | 33.7 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Chesterfield Township’s population (47,770), 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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (47,569 in 2025); our figure for Chesterfield Township is 47,770 (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 Chesterfield Township
Is Chesterfield Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Chesterfield Township reports less crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #114 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.3 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 Chesterfield Township?
1.3 violent and 10.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Chesterfield Township in 2025?
Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield Township safer than New Baltimore?
New Baltimore reports less crime per resident than Chesterfield Township: New Baltimore grades A for safety and Chesterfield Township B. New Baltimore’s police reported 0.8 violent and 3.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Chesterfield Township?
Chesterfield Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Chesterfield 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.