Druden Community Country Club-General Squier Historic Park Complex · Photo: Notorious4life · Public domainLess property crime is recorded per resident in Dryden Township than in 90% of U.S. towns
Scored on crimes Dryden Township’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A for safety: #30 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Next door, 2 of 3 towns with figures record less crime per resident. By contrast, recorded violent crime ran at 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 3.2, against 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 Dryden Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Michigan towns on Dryden Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Addison Township (A+), Oxford Township (A), Metamora Township (A−). Almont Township and Attica 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 Dryden 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 | Dryden Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Dryden Township’s police reported 12 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 Dryden 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 | Dryden Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Dryden Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 18.7 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 19.4 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 4.0 | 17.4 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 15.6 | 1.0 | 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.
19 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.
5 violent and 14 property, as reported to the FBI by Dryden Township’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Dryden Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Dryden Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what 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 Dryden Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Dryden Township’s own rate (12.5) 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.
Dryden Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden Township | A | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Metamora Township | A− | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| Addison Township | A+ | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Almont Township | — | — | — |
| Attica Township | — | — | — |
| Oxford Township | A | 0.8 | 2.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Almont Township and Attica Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden Township | A | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Lapeer Township | A+ | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Gibraltar | B+ | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| Ironwood | B+ | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| Coloma Township | B | 2.5 | 6.3 |
| Cheboygan | C | 3.1 | 13.7 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Dryden Township’s population (4,809), 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 Dryden 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 Dryden Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,801 in 2025); our figure for Dryden Township is 4,809 (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 Dryden Township
Is Dryden Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Dryden Township reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #30 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 0.8 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 Dryden Township?
0.8 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.
Is Dryden Township safer than Metamora Township?
Metamora Township reports more crime per resident than Dryden Township: Metamora Township grades A− for safety and Dryden Township A. Metamora Township’s police reported 1.3 violent and 2.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Dryden Township?
Dryden Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Dryden 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.