Photo: Lrgjr72 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Oakland Township than in 95% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 49% from 2023 to 2025. What’s more, it has less violent crime than 85% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 96%. On crimes Oakland Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #5 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Police counts work out at 0.5 violent crime and 1.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Michigan they are 5.4 and 17.5.
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 Oakland Township
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Michigan towns on Oakland Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Addison Township (A+), Orion Township (A), Rochester Hills (A−). Washington Township has no FBI figures of its 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 Oakland 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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Oakland Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Oakland Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 18.8 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 19.5 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 15.6 | 0.4 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Oakland Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Oakland Township’s police reported 30 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Oakland 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
34 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.
9 violent and 25 property, as reported to the FBI by Oakland Township’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Oakland Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Oakland Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Oakland Township’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Oakland Township’s own rate (5.9) 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.
Oakland Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Township | A+ | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Orion Township | A | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Rochester Hills | A− | 0.7 | 6.4 |
| Washington Township | — | — | — |
| Addison Township | A+ | 0.5 | 0.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Washington Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Township | A+ | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Hamburg Township | A | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Highland Township | A | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| Davison Township | B | 1.9 | 7.8 |
| Mount Pleasant | C− | 4.6 | 14.3 |
| Genesee Township | D | 7.6 | 15.0 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Oakland Township’s population (20,631), 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 Oakland 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 Oakland Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,888 in 2025); our figure for Oakland Township is 20,631 (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 Oakland Township
Is Oakland Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Oakland Township reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #5 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 0.5 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 Oakland Township?
0.5 violent and 1.8 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 Oakland Township safer than Orion Township?
Orion Township reports more crime per resident than Oakland Township: Orion Township grades A for safety and Oakland Township A+. Orion Township’s police reported 0.5 violent and 4.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Oakland Township?
Oakland Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Oakland 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.