Photo: O. David Redwine · CC BY-SA 3.0Midland reports less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Midland’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B+ for safety: #66 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 Midland
A job center
Midland has 27,176 jobs based in town for 42,806 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Midland’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Midland’s police reported 147 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 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 | Midland | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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 steady
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.
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| Year | Midland property | Rest of Michigan property | Midland violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.9 | 18.8 | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 19.5 | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 6.6 | 17.4 | 1.2 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 5.0 | 15.7 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
263 crimes reported in 2025
49 violent and 214 property, as reported to the FBI by Midland’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 Midland’s roads in 2019–2023
Midland 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 Midland’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Midland’s own rate (3.3) 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.
Midland and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland | B+ | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| Homer Township | — | — | — |
| Midland Township | — | — | — |
| Larkin Township | — | — | — |
| Lincoln Township | — | — | — |
| Ingersoll Township | — | — | — |
| Williams Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homer Township, Midland Township, Larkin Township, Lincoln Township, Ingersoll Township and Williams Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland | B+ | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| Commerce Township | A− | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Bloomfield Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| Meridian Township | C+ | 2.1 | 16.2 |
| Pittsfield Township | C | 2.7 | 19.3 |
| Saginaw | D− | 22.4 | 20.2 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Midland’s population (42,806), 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 Midland. 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 Midland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (42,813 in 2025); our figure for Midland is 42,806 (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 Midland
Is Midland, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Midland reports less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #66 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.1 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 Midland?
1.1 violent and 5.8 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 crime going up or down in Midland?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Midland in 2025?
Midland’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.
Who polices Midland?
Midland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Midland”. 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.