Clayton Township records less crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. Measured on crimes Clayton Township’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A: #15 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Behind the grade sit 0.9 violent crime and 1.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 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 Clayton Township
Clayton Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Michigan towns on Clayton Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Flushing Township (A), Flint Township (D−). Swartz Creek, Gaines Township and Venice 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 Clayton 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 | Clayton Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Clayton Township’s police reported 20 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 Clayton 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 fewer than 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 | Clayton Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Clayton Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 18.7 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 19.4 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 17.4 | 1.2 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 15.6 | 0.4 | 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.
14 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.
3 violent and 11 property, as reported to the FBI by Clayton Township’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Clayton Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Clayton Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (1 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Clayton Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Clayton Township’s own rate (5.4) 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.
Clayton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Township | A | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Swartz Creek | — | — | — |
| Flint Township | D− | 9.3 | 41.0 |
| Gaines Township | — | — | — |
| Venice Township | — | — | — |
| Flushing Township | A | 1.0 | 2.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Swartz Creek, Gaines Township and Venice Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Township | A | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| St. Louis | B+ | 1.6 | 5.8 |
| Walled Lake | B+ | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| Oscoda Township | B | 3.0 | 4.2 |
| Buena Vista Township | D− | 11.9 | 21.2 |
| Albion | D− | 12.6 | 24.5 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Clayton Township’s population (7,309), 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 Clayton 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 Clayton Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,232 in 2025); our figure for Clayton Township is 7,309 (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 Clayton Township
Is Clayton Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Clayton Township reports less crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #15 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 0.9 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 Clayton Township?
0.9 violent and 1.8 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.
Is Clayton Township safer than Flint Township?
Flint Township reports more crime per resident than Clayton Township: Flint Township grades D− for safety and Clayton Township A. Flint Township’s police reported 9.3 violent and 41.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Clayton Township?
Clayton Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Clayton 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.