Per resident, Lincoln Township records less violent crime than 67% of U.S. towns
A Safety Grade of B+ follows from crimes Lincoln Township’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #91 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Add to that, the yearly rates were 1.0 violent crime and 8.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 5.4 and 17.5 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 Lincoln Township
Lincoln Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Michigan towns on Lincoln Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: St. Joseph Township (B). Lake Township and Royalton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lincoln 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lincoln Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lincoln Township’s police reported 45 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 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 Lincoln 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Lincoln Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Lincoln Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.0 | 18.7 | 1.0 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 10.3 | 19.4 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 8.4 | 17.4 | 1.4 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 15.6 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
114 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.
13 violent and 101 property, as reported to the FBI by Lincoln Township’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Lincoln Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lincoln Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what 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 Lincoln Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lincoln Township’s own rate (5.4) 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.
Lincoln Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Township | B+ | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| Lake Township | — | — | — |
| St. Joseph Township | B | 1.7 | 7.2 |
| Royalton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lake Township and Royalton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Township | B+ | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| Berkley | A | 0.4 | 4.0 |
| Springfield Township | A | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| Fraser | C | 2.3 | 17.6 |
| Hazel Park | C | 3.0 | 16.9 |
| Harper Woods | D− | 6.5 | 45.6 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Lincoln Township’s population (14,814), 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,867 in 2025); our figure for Lincoln Township is 14,814 (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 Lincoln Township
Is Lincoln Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lincoln Township reports less crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #91 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.0 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 Lincoln Township?
1.0 violent and 8.5 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.
Is Lincoln Township safer than St. Joseph Township?
St. Joseph Township reports more crime per resident than Lincoln Township: St. Joseph Township grades B for safety and Lincoln Township B+. St. Joseph Township’s police reported 1.7 violent and 7.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lincoln Township?
Lincoln Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lincoln 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.