Spring Arbor Township reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Spring Arbor Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #20 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 Spring Arbor Township
A college town
Spring Arbor Township is home to Spring Arbor University, with 892 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 15% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Spring Arbor 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Spring Arbor Township’s police reported 20 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 | Spring Arbor Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 1 property crime 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 | Spring Arbor Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Spring Arbor Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.7 | 18.7 | 0.1 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 19.4 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 3.5 | 17.4 | 1.3 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 15.6 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
17 crimes reported in 2025
6 violent and 11 property, as reported to the FBI by Spring Arbor Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
10 people died in crashes on Spring Arbor Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Spring Arbor Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is 23.5 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.
Spring Arbor Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Arbor Township | A | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| Summit Township | — | — | — |
| Hanover Township | — | — | — |
| Concord Township | — | — | — |
| Sandstone Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Summit Township, Hanover Township, Concord Township and Sandstone Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Arbor Township | A | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| Tecumseh | A− | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| Houghton | B+ | 0.6 | 7.9 |
| Northfield Township | B+ | 1.1 | 6.5 |
| Center Line | C | 3.5 | 14.1 |
| Big Rapids | C | 4.5 | 13.5 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Spring Arbor Township’s population (8,526), 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 Spring Arbor 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 Spring Arbor Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,536 in 2025); our figure for Spring Arbor Township is 8,526 (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 Spring Arbor Township
Is Spring Arbor Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Spring Arbor Township reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #20 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 0.8 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 Spring Arbor Township?
0.8 violent and 2.6 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 Spring Arbor Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Spring Arbor Township?
Spring Arbor Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Spring Arbor 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.