Photo: Dwight Burdette at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Pittsfield Township sees more property crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns
Its two neighbors with figures both record less crime per resident. Pittsfield Township grades C for safety on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: #187 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Violence and property crime split as 2.7 violent crimes and 19.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 5.4 and 17.4 in the rest of Michigan. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 14% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Pittsfield Township
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Michigan towns on Pittsfield Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Saline (B), Ann Arbor (C). Ypsilanti Township, Lodi Township and Ann Arbor Township have no FBI figures of their 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 Pittsfield 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 (2.7) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Pittsfield Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Pittsfield Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.4 | 18.7 | 2.1 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 21.3 | 19.4 | 3.0 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 18.6 | 15.6 | 2.3 | 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.
Crime in Pittsfield 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Pittsfield Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pittsfield Township’s police reported 317 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
860 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.
95 violent and 765 property, as reported to the FBI by Pittsfield Township’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Pittsfield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Pittsfield Township had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 6.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.3, 77 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.
Pittsfield Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield Township | C | 2.7 | 19.3 |
| Ann Arbor | C | 3.0 | 17.2 |
| Saline | B | 1.8 | 8.7 |
| Ypsilanti Township | — | — | — |
| Lodi Township | — | — | — |
| Ann Arbor Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ypsilanti Township, Lodi Township and Ann Arbor Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield Township | C | 2.7 | 19.3 |
| Orion Township | A | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Independence Township | A− | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| Midland | B+ | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| Lincoln Park | D | 6.3 | 17.8 |
| Saginaw | D− | 22.4 | 20.2 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Pittsfield Township’s population (40,265), 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 Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (41,117 in 2025); our figure for Pittsfield Township is 40,265 (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 Pittsfield Township
Is Pittsfield Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pittsfield 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 2.7 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 Pittsfield Township?
2.7 violent and 19.3 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.
How many homicides were there in Pittsfield Township in 2025?
Pittsfield Township’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.
Is Pittsfield Township safer than Ann Arbor?
Ann Arbor reports less crime per resident than Pittsfield Township: Ann Arbor grades C for safety and Pittsfield Township C. Ann Arbor’s police reported 3.0 violent and 17.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pittsfield Township?
Pittsfield Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pittsfield 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.