Photo: User Mxobe on en.wikipedia · Public domainPer resident, Kalamazoo Township records more crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
On crimes Kalamazoo Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety: #233 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Each year brought 6.2 violent crimes and 27.9 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (5.4 and 17.4 in the rest of Michigan). The crimes the grade counts fell 23% per resident from 2023 to 2025. It has more violent crime than 92% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 89%.
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 Kalamazoo Township
Kalamazoo Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Michigan towns on Kalamazoo Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Kalamazoo (D−). Parchment, Comstock Township, Oshtemo Township and Cooper Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Kalamazoo Township’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Kalamazoo Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Kalamazoo Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.3 | 18.7 | 7.5 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 31.8 | 19.4 | 7.1 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 28.6 | 17.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 23.4 | 15.6 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in Kalamazoo Township 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 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Kalamazoo Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Kalamazoo Township’s police reported 454 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
729 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.
157 violent and 572 property, as reported to the FBI by Kalamazoo Township’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Kalamazoo Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Kalamazoo Township had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is 8.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 309 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.
Kalamazoo Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo Township | D | 6.2 | 27.9 |
| Kalamazoo | D− | 12.0 | 35.0 |
| Parchment | — | — | — |
| Comstock Township | — | — | — |
| Oshtemo Township | — | — | — |
| Cooper Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Parchment, Comstock Township, Oshtemo Township and Cooper Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo Township | D | 6.2 | 27.9 |
| Oxford Township | A | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| Birmingham | A− | 0.4 | 7.9 |
| Marquette | B+ | 1.7 | 5.5 |
| Wyandotte | B | 2.1 | 8.1 |
| Mount Pleasant | C− | 4.6 | 14.3 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Kalamazoo Township’s population (22,523), 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 Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,475 in 2025); our figure for Kalamazoo Township is 22,523 (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 Kalamazoo Township
Is Kalamazoo Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kalamazoo Township reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #233 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 6.2 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 Kalamazoo Township?
6.2 violent and 27.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Kalamazoo Township safer than Kalamazoo?
Kalamazoo reports more crime per resident than Kalamazoo Township: Kalamazoo grades D− for safety and Kalamazoo Township D. Kalamazoo’s police reported 12.0 violent and 35.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kalamazoo Township?
Kalamazoo Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kalamazoo 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.