Thomas Township reports less property crime than most U.S. towns, but more violent crime
Overall, Thomas Township grades B− for safety (#135 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Thomas Township
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Michigan towns on Thomas Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Richland Township (B+). Swan Creek Township and James Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Tittabawassee Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Thomas Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Thomas Township’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.6) 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
Thomas Township’s police reported 91 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 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 | Thomas Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, 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 | Thomas Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Thomas Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.1 | 18.7 | 2.6 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 19.4 | 3.3 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 7.1 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 15.6 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
118 crimes reported in 2025
20 violent and 98 property, as reported to the FBI by Thomas 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.
Two people died in crashes on Thomas Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Thomas Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two 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 Thomas Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Thomas Township’s own rate (3.4) 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.
Thomas Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Township | B− | 2.6 | 7.1 |
| Swan Creek Township | — | — | — |
| Richland Township | B+ | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| James Township | — | — | — |
| Tittabawassee Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Swan Creek Township and James Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Tittabawassee Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Township | B− | 2.6 | 7.1 |
| South Lyon | A | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| New Baltimore | A | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| Riverview | B− | 2.0 | 8.9 |
| Fenton | C+ | 1.6 | 18.1 |
| Emmett Township | D | 3.5 | 45.4 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Thomas Township’s population (11,900), 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 Thomas 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 Thomas Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,922 in 2025); our figure for Thomas Township is 11,900 (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 Thomas Township
Is Thomas Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Thomas Township reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #135 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 2.6 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 Thomas Township?
2.6 violent and 7.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Thomas Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Thomas Township safer than Richland Township?
Richland Township reports less crime per resident than Thomas Township: Richland Township grades B+ for safety and Thomas Township B−. Richland Township’s police reported 1.7 violent and 3.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Thomas Township?
Thomas Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Thomas 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.