Kittie C. McCoy House · Photo: Traveler100 · CC BY-SA 3.0Commerce Township reports less crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Commerce Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #43 of 266 graded towns in 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 Commerce Township
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Michigan towns on Commerce Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Wolverine Lake (A+), White Lake Township (A), West Bloomfield Township (A−), Walled Lake (B+), Wixom (B). Milford Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Commerce 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
Commerce Township’s police reported 74 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Commerce Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Commerce Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Commerce Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.7 | 18.8 | 0.6 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 5.5 | 19.5 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 6.1 | 17.4 | 0.6 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 5.3 | 15.7 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
237 crimes reported in 2025
22 violent and 215 property, as reported to the FBI by Commerce Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Commerce Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Commerce Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is fewer than 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 Commerce Township’s size would see about 12 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Commerce Township’s own rate (1.4) 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.
Commerce Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce Township | A− | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Walled Lake | B+ | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| West Bloomfield Township | A− | 1.0 | 5.1 |
| Wixom | B | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Wolverine Lake | A+ | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| Milford Township | — | — | — |
| White Lake Township | A | 0.6 | 4.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Milford Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce Township | A− | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Bloomfield Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| Meridian Township | C+ | 2.1 | 16.2 |
| Redford Township | D | 6.1 | 20.6 |
| Roseville | D | 5.1 | 33.7 |
| Saginaw | D− | 22.4 | 20.2 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Commerce Township’s population (45,067), by grade.
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 Commerce 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 Commerce Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (40,499 in 2025); our figure for Commerce Township is 45,067 (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 Commerce Township
Is Commerce Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Commerce Township reports less crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #43 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 0.6 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 Commerce Township?
0.6 violent and 5.7 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 crime going up or down in Commerce Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Commerce Township in 2025?
Commerce Township’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Commerce Township safer than Walled Lake?
Walled Lake reports more crime per resident than Commerce Township: Walled Lake grades B+ for safety and Commerce Township A−. Walled Lake’s police reported 1.3 violent and 8.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Commerce Township?
Commerce Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Commerce 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.