Photo: bigmikesndtech · CC BY 2.0Property crime per resident is higher in Muskegon Township than in 78% of U.S. towns
Its Safety Grade, C (#187 of 266 graded towns in Michigan), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns. Even so, the yearly rates were 2.4 violent crimes and 20.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 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’s behind Muskegon 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. Its violent rate (2.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Muskegon Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Muskegon Township’s police reported 130 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.4 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 Muskegon 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 2 violent crimes, 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 | Muskegon Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Muskegon Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.7 | 18.7 | 2.8 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 21.3 | 19.4 | 2.7 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 21.3 | 17.4 | 2.3 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 17.9 | 15.6 | 2.4 | 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.
361 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.
42 violent and 319 property, as reported to the FBI by Muskegon Township’s police.
17 people died in crashes on Muskegon Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Muskegon Township had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 19.2 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.
Muskegon Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskegon Township | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| Muskegon | — | — | — |
| Dalton Township | — | — | — |
| Egelston Township | — | — | — |
| Laketon Township | — | — | — |
| North Muskegon | — | — | — |
| Fruitport Township | — | — | — |
| Cedar Creek Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Muskegon and Fruitport Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Dalton Township, Egelston Township, Laketon Township and Cedar Creek Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. North Muskegon reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskegon Township | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| Trenton | A− | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| Wixom | B | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Ferndale | C | 2.3 | 18.9 |
| Grandville | D | 2.7 | 31.8 |
| Wayne | D | 7.1 | 15.0 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Muskegon Township’s population (17,911), 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 Muskegon 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 Muskegon Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,862 in 2025); our figure for Muskegon Township is 17,911 (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 Muskegon Township
Is Muskegon Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Muskegon Township reports more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #187 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 2.4 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 Muskegon Township?
2.4 violent and 20.1 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.
Who polices Muskegon Township?
Muskegon Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Muskegon 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.