Photo: WMrapids · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident in East Grand Rapids fell 61% from 2023 to 2025
Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.7 violent crime and 10.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 5.4 and 17.5 in the rest of Michigan. That puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crimes East Grand Rapids’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #94 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 East Grand Rapids
East Grand Rapids reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Michigan towns on East Grand Rapids’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Grand Rapids (D). Grand Rapids 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 East Grand Rapids’ 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | East Grand Rapids property | Rest of Michigan property | East Grand Rapids violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.1 | 18.7 | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 14.7 | 19.4 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 10.8 | 17.4 | 0.6 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 5.7 | 15.6 | 0.4 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Grand Rapids | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Grand Rapids’ police reported 24 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 East Grand Rapids 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.
72 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 67 property, as reported to the FBI by East Grand Rapids’ police.
No one died in a crash on East Grand Rapids’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than 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 East Grand Rapids’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Grand Rapids’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.
East Grand Rapids and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Grand Rapids | B+ | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| Grand Rapids | D | 9.0 | 26.1 |
| Grand Rapids Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Grand Rapids Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Grand Rapids | B+ | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| Farmington | A− | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| Thomas Township | B− | 2.6 | 7.1 |
| Fenton | C+ | 1.6 | 18.1 |
| Niles | C− | 4.3 | 16.6 |
| Emmett Township | D | 3.5 | 45.4 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to East Grand Rapids’ population (11,663), 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 East Grand Rapids. 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 East Grand Rapids’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,672 in 2025); our figure for East Grand Rapids is 11,663 (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 East Grand Rapids
Is East Grand Rapids, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Grand Rapids reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #94 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 0.7 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 East Grand Rapids?
0.7 violent and 10.4 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 East Grand Rapids safer than Grand Rapids?
Grand Rapids reports more crime per resident than East Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids grades D for safety and East Grand Rapids B+. Grand Rapids’s police reported 9.0 violent and 26.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Grand Rapids?
East Grand Rapids’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Grand Rapids”. 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.