Per resident, Chocolay Township records less property crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
Its letter overall is A− (#41 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 1.1 violent crimes and 3.2 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 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’s behind Chocolay 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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Chocolay Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Chocolay Township’s police reported 20 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 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 Chocolay 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 1 violent crime, 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 | Chocolay Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Chocolay Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8 | 18.7 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 19.4 | 0.5 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 17.4 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 4.8 | 15.6 | 0.7 | 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.
33 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.
4 violent and 29 property, as reported to the FBI by Chocolay Township’s police.
No one died in a crash on Chocolay Township’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Chocolay Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chocolay Township’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Chocolay Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolay Township | A− | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| Sands Township | — | — | — |
| West Branch Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sands Township and West Branch Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolay Township | A− | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| Northville | A− | 0.7 | 6.5 |
| Richmond | A− | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| Holly | B+ | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| Milan | B+ | 1.7 | 5.9 |
| Belding | B− | 3.3 | 5.9 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Chocolay Township’s population (6,014), 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 Chocolay 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 Chocolay Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,047 in 2025); our figure for Chocolay Township is 6,014 (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 Chocolay Township
Is Chocolay Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Chocolay Township reports less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #41 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.1 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 Chocolay Township?
1.1 violent and 3.2 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.
Who polices Chocolay Township?
Chocolay Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Chocolay 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.