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Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan 2009Photo: brewbooks · CC BY-SA 2.0
Safety in Plainfield Township · Not graded

Crime reported in Plainfield Township, MI

Plainfield Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
RockfordB5 mi1.58.1
SpartaB8 mi1.48.1
Grand RapidsD8 mi9.026.1
East Grand RapidsB+9 mi0.710.4
WalkerC−9 mi2.324.7
KentwoodD13 mi4.922.6

Straight-line distance from the center of Plainfield Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Plainfield Township.

On the roads

13 people died in crashes on Plainfield Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Plainfield Township had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 3 were pedestrians.

That is 7.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.3, 77 towns).

13
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
3
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
7.6
per 100,000 a year · Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000: 5.3

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.

Next door

Plainfield Township and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Alpine Township———
Cannon Township———
Grand Rapids Township———
Ada Township———
Algoma Township———
RockfordB1.58.1

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Alpine Township, Cannon Township, Grand Rapids Township, Ada Township and Algoma Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Plainfield Township

Is Plainfield Township, MI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Plainfield Township. Plainfield Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Michigan towns with a grade are Rockford (B, 5 mi), Sparta (B, 8 mi), Grand Rapids (D, 8 mi).

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.