Reported crime per resident in Covert Township fell 42% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Covert Township grades C for safety: more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Covert Township
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Michigan towns on Covert Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Coloma Township (B). Hagar Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Covert 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.3) 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. Its property rate (16.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
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| Year | Covert Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Covert Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.1 | 18.7 | 7.2 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 15.2 | 17.4 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 13.5 | 15.6 | 1.2 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Covert Township’s police reported 25 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.3 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 | Covert Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
37 crimes reported in 2025
3 violent and 34 property, as reported to the FBI by Covert 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.
Five people died in crashes on Covert Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Covert Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is more than is typical for Michigan towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (12.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Covert Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Covert Township’s own rate (40.0) 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.
Covert Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covert Township | C | 3.3 | 16.0 |
| Coloma Township | B | 2.5 | 6.3 |
| Hagar Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hagar Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Covert 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 Covert Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,511 in 2025); our figure for Covert Township is 2,499 (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 Covert Township
Is Covert Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Covert Township reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade. Its police reported 3.3 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 Covert Township?
3.3 violent and 16.0 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 Covert Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Covert Township safer than Coloma Township?
Coloma Township reports less crime per resident than Covert Township: Coloma Township grades B for safety and Covert Township C. Coloma Township’s police reported 2.5 violent and 6.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Covert Township?
Covert Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Covert 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.