Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0For violent crime, Garden City trails 68% of U.S. towns per resident
Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 2025. Across all the graded crimes, Garden City lands on B− (#143 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 2.7 violent crimes and 7.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Michigan, the figures are 5.4 and 17.5.
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 Garden City
Garden City reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Michigan towns on Garden City’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Westland (C−). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Garden City’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Garden City’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.7) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Garden City | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Garden City’s police reported 209 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Garden City property | Rest of Michigan property | Garden City violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.7 | 18.8 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 19.5 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 7.7 | 17.4 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 7.3 | 15.6 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 Garden City 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
280 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.
90 violent and 190 property, as reported to the FBI by Garden City’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Garden City’s roads in 2019–2023
Garden City had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Garden City’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Garden City’s own rate (5.2) 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.
Garden City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City | B− | 2.7 | 7.9 |
| Westland | C− | 4.6 | 13.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City | B− | 2.7 | 7.9 |
| Lyon Township | A | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Plymouth Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| Auburn Hills | C− | 3.2 | 20.2 |
| Walker | C− | 2.3 | 24.7 |
| Hamtramck | C− | 5.8 | 16.6 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Garden City’s population (26,280), 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 Garden City. 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 Garden City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,196 in 2025); our figure for Garden City is 26,280 (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 Garden City
Is Garden City, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Garden City reports less crime per resident than 50% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #143 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 2.7 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 Garden City?
2.7 violent and 7.9 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.
How many homicides were there in Garden City in 2025?
Garden City’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Garden City safer than Westland?
Westland reports more crime per resident than Garden City: Westland grades C− for safety and Garden City B−. Westland’s police reported 4.6 violent and 13.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Garden City?
Garden City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Garden City”. 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.