No grade for Gaines Township, but its recorded crime is here
4 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Gaines Township has none for 2023–2025. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Kentwood (D), 6 miles away.
The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentwood | D | 6 mi | 4.9 | 22.6 |
| Wyoming | C− | 8 mi | 4.7 | 22.2 |
| East Grand Rapids | B+ | 10 mi | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| Grandville | D | 10 mi | 2.7 | 31.8 |
| Grand Rapids | D | 11 mi | 9.0 | 26.1 |
| Walker | C− | 15 mi | 2.3 | 24.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Gaines Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Gaines Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
10 people died in crashes on Gaines Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Gaines Township had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.3, 77 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.
Gaines Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Township | — | — | — |
| Kentwood | D | 4.9 | 22.6 |
| Caledonia Township | — | — | — |
| Leighton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Byron Township, Caledonia Township and Leighton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Gaines Township
Is Gaines Township, MI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Gaines Township. Gaines Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Michigan towns with a grade are Kentwood (D, 6 mi), Wyoming (C−, 8 mi), East Grand Rapids (B+, 10 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Gaines Township.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.