Property crime per resident is lower in Coloma Township than in 72% of U.S. towns
Overall, it grades B for safety (#123 of 266 graded towns in Michigan). Annual rates stand at 2.5 violent crimes and 6.3 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 stands out about safety in Coloma Township
Coloma Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Michigan towns on Coloma Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Covert Township (C). Watervliet Township and Hagar 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 Coloma 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 Coloma Township’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.5) 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 | Coloma Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Coloma Township’s police reported 47 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 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 Coloma 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 | Coloma Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Coloma Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.4 | 19.4 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 17.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 5.0 | 15.6 | 1.3 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
40 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.
8 violent and 32 property, as reported to the FBI by Coloma Township’s police.
No one died in a crash on Coloma 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 Coloma Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Coloma 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.
Coloma Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coloma Township | B | 2.5 | 6.3 |
| Watervliet Township | — | — | — |
| Hagar Township | — | — | — |
| Covert Township | C | 3.3 | 16.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Watervliet Township and Hagar Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coloma Township | B | 2.5 | 6.3 |
| Lapeer Township | A+ | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Allegan | A− | 1.0 | 4.6 |
| Ironwood | B+ | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| Davison | B | 1.9 | 7.7 |
| Utica | C− | 3.8 | 26.3 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Coloma Township’s population (4,968), 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 Coloma 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 Coloma Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,387 in 2025); our figure for Coloma Township is 4,968 (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 Coloma Township
Is Coloma Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Coloma Township reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #123 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 2.5 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 Coloma Township?
2.5 violent and 6.3 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 Coloma Township safer than Covert Township?
Covert Township reports more crime per resident than Coloma Township: Covert Township grades C for safety and Coloma Township B. Covert Township’s police reported 3.3 violent and 16.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Coloma Township?
Coloma Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Coloma 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.