Photo: Andrew Martin · CC BY 3.0Lansing Township has more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
Next door, 2 of 3 towns with figures record less crime per resident. By contrast, the graded rate fell 38% from 2023 to 2025. Its letter for safety is D−, worked out from crimes Lansing Township’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #253 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Violence and property crime split as 7.8 violent crimes and 42.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 5.4 and 17.4 in the rest of 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 Lansing Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Michigan towns on Lansing Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: DeWitt Township (B), East Lansing (C+), Lansing (D−). Delta Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Lansing Township has 5,724 jobs based in town for 8,060 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 Lansing 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Lansing Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Lansing Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43.9 | 18.7 | 7.5 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 50.9 | 19.4 | 10.2 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 45.8 | 17.3 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 31.4 | 15.6 | 6.7 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lansing Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lansing Township’s police reported 189 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 7.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Lansing 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 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
309 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.
54 violent and 255 property, as reported to the FBI by Lansing Township’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Lansing Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lansing Township had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is more than 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 Lansing Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lansing Township’s own rate (17.3) 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.
Lansing Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing Township | D− | 7.8 | 42.7 |
| Lansing | D− | 12.4 | 23.4 |
| East Lansing | C+ | 2.1 | 12.9 |
| DeWitt Township | B | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| Delta Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Delta Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing Township | D− | 7.8 | 42.7 |
| Raisin Township | A | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| Flushing | A− | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| Hillsdale | B− | 3.0 | 7.9 |
| Menominee | C | 4.0 | 10.9 |
| Three Rivers | D | 6.2 | 33.9 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Lansing Township’s population (8,060), 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 Lansing 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 Lansing Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,119 in 2025); our figure for Lansing Township is 8,060 (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 Lansing Township
Is Lansing Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lansing Township reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #253 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 7.8 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 Lansing Township?
7.8 violent and 42.7 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 Lansing Township safer than Lansing?
Lansing reports more crime per resident than Lansing Township: Lansing grades D− for safety and Lansing Township D−. Lansing’s police reported 12.4 violent and 23.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lansing Township?
Lansing Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lansing 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.