Photo: WeaponizingArchitecture · CC BY-SA 4.0Fenton reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Fenton grades C+ for safety (#162 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): more crime per resident than 63% 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’s behind Fenton’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Fenton’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Fenton’s police reported 56 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 | Fenton | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 12 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, 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 | Fenton property | Rest of Michigan property | Fenton violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.2 | 18.7 | 1.0 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 18.2 | 19.4 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 24.0 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 12.2 | 15.6 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
167 crimes reported in 2025
23 violent and 144 property, as reported to the FBI by Fenton’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Four people died in crashes on Fenton’s roads in 2019–2023
Fenton had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what 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 Fenton’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fenton’s own rate (6.7) 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.
Fenton and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenton | C+ | 1.6 | 18.1 |
| Fenton Township | — | — | — |
| Holly Township | — | — | — |
| Tyrone Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fenton Township, Holly Township and Tyrone Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenton | C+ | 1.6 | 18.1 |
| East Grand Rapids | B+ | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| Riverview | B− | 2.0 | 8.9 |
| Thomas Township | B− | 2.6 | 7.1 |
| Niles | C− | 4.3 | 16.6 |
| Emmett Township | D | 3.5 | 45.4 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Fenton’s population (11,774), 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 Fenton. 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 Fenton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,846 in 2025); our figure for Fenton is 11,774 (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 Fenton
Is Fenton, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fenton reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #162 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.6 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 Fenton?
1.6 violent and 18.1 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 Fenton?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Fenton?
Fenton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fenton”. 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.