Fruitport Township goes ungraded: its recorded crime
Inside a 10-mile circle sit 4 graded neighbors. Fruitport Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The closest graded town is Norton Shores, 5 miles away, at C.
For every 1,000 residents, about 23 property crimes reported
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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Fruitport Township’s police reported
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| Year | Fruitport Township | Rest of Michigan | Fruitport Township | Rest of Michigan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.8 | 18.7 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 34.9 | 19.4 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | not reported | 17.4 | not reported | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 22.7 | 15.6 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Michigan. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
379 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.
23 violent and 356 property, as reported to the FBI by Fruitport Township’s police.
The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Shores | C | 5 mi | 2.3 | 18.7 |
| Roosevelt Park | D | 8 mi | 2.1 | 52.1 |
| Grand Haven | B− | 8 mi | 2.0 | 9.9 |
| Muskegon Township | C | 8 mi | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| Whitehall | B | 20 mi | 1.0 | 10.2 |
| Sparta | B | 22 mi | 1.4 | 8.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Fruitport Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fruitport Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Six people died in crashes on Fruitport Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Fruitport Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
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 Fruitport Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fruitport Township’s own rate (8.0) 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.
Fruitport Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Township | — | — | — |
| Norton Shores | C | 2.3 | 18.7 |
| Spring Lake Township | — | — | — |
| Crockery Township | — | — | — |
| Muskegon | — | — | — |
| Muskegon Township | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sullivan Township, Spring Lake Township and Crockery Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Muskegon reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
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 Fruitport 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 Fruitport Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,677 in 2025); our figure for Fruitport Township is 15,666 (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 Fruitport Township
Is Fruitport Township, MI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Fruitport Township. The nearest Michigan towns with a grade are Norton Shores (C, 5 mi), Roosevelt Park (D, 8 mi), Grand Haven (B−, 8 mi).
Who polices Fruitport Township?
Fruitport Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fruitport 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.