Photo: Phillip L. Hofmeister · CC BY 3.0Jackson reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Jackson’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #253 of 266 graded towns in Michigan.
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 Jackson
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Michigan towns on Jackson’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Blackman Township (C−). Summit Township and Leoni Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Jackson has 24,926 jobs based in town for 31,022 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Jackson’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Jackson’s police reported 918 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 9.9 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 | Jackson | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 10.6 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 8.8 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 31 property crimes reported
And about 9 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 falling
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.
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| Year | Jackson property | Rest of Michigan property | Jackson violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35.6 | 18.6 | 10.8 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 36.3 | 19.3 | 10.4 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 37.4 | 17.3 | 10.6 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 31.4 | 15.5 | 8.8 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
1,238 crimes reported in 2025
270 violent and 968 property, as reported to the FBI by Jackson’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on Jackson’s roads in 2019–2023
Jackson had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died.
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 Jackson’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jackson’s own rate (4.5) 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.
Jackson and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | D− | 9.9 | 35.0 |
| Summit Township | — | — | — |
| Leoni Township | — | — | — |
| Blackman Township | C− | 2.7 | 25.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Summit Township and Leoni Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | D− | 9.9 | 35.0 |
| White Lake Township | A | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Northville Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.8 |
| Van Buren Township | C | 3.3 | 18.6 |
| Bay City | C− | 5.6 | 17.9 |
| Flint Township | D− | 9.3 | 41.0 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Jackson’s population (31,022), 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 Jackson. 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 Jackson’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (30,824 in 2025); our figure for Jackson is 31,022 (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 Jackson
Is Jackson, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Jackson reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #253 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 9.9 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 Jackson?
9.9 violent and 35.0 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 crime going up or down in Jackson?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Jackson in 2025?
Jackson’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 9.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Jackson safer than Blackman Township?
Blackman Township reports less crime per resident than Jackson: Blackman Township grades C− for safety and Jackson D−. Blackman Township’s police reported 2.7 violent and 25.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Jackson?
Jackson’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jackson”. 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.