12 Mile road-Kalamazoo River Bridge · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Emmett Township than in 94% of U.S. towns
On the record of crimes Emmett Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety: #242 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Recorded violent crimes ran at 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 45.4, against 5.4 and 17.4 in the rest of Michigan. The rate the grade counts dropped 26% from 2023 to 2025. Violent crime here is higher than in 78% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 97%.
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 Emmett Township
Emmett Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Michigan towns on Emmett Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Battle Creek (D−). Newton Township, Pennfield Township and Marshall Township have no FBI figures of their 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 Emmett 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.5) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Emmett Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Emmett Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 57.9 | 18.6 | 3.6 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 54.3 | 19.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 42.1 | 17.3 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 39.9 | 15.5 | 3.5 | 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.
Crime in Emmett 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Emmett Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Emmett Township’s police reported 123 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
510 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.
41 violent and 469 property, as reported to the FBI by Emmett Township’s police.
12 people died in crashes on Emmett Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Emmett Township had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 3 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 20.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 309 towns).
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.
Emmett Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Township | D | 3.5 | 45.4 |
| Battle Creek | D− | 11.5 | 26.0 |
| Newton Township | — | — | — |
| Pennfield Township | — | — | — |
| Marshall Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Newton Township, Pennfield Township and Marshall Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Township | D | 3.5 | 45.4 |
| East Grand Rapids | B+ | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| Riverview | B− | 2.0 | 8.9 |
| Thomas Township | B− | 2.6 | 7.1 |
| Fenton | C+ | 1.6 | 18.1 |
| Niles | C− | 4.3 | 16.6 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Emmett Township’s population (11,712), 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 Emmett 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 Emmett Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,761 in 2025); our figure for Emmett Township is 11,712 (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 Emmett Township
Is Emmett Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Emmett Township reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #242 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 3.5 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 Emmett Township?
3.5 violent and 45.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Emmett Township safer than Battle Creek?
Battle Creek reports more crime per resident than Emmett Township: Battle Creek grades D− for safety and Emmett Township D. Battle Creek’s police reported 11.5 violent and 26.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Emmett Township?
Emmett Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Emmett 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.