Walker reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Walker’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #204 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 Walker
Walker reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Michigan towns on Walker’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Wyoming (C−), Grandville (D), Grand Rapids (D). Tallmadge Township and Alpine Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Walker has 23,990 jobs based in town for 25,881 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Walker’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 (2.3) 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
Walker’s police reported 172 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.3 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 | Walker | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 24 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 | Walker property | Rest of Michigan property | Walker violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.3 | 18.7 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 26.0 | 19.4 | 2.4 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 24.5 | 17.3 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 23.6 | 15.6 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
671 crimes reported in 2025
56 violent and 615 property, as reported to the FBI by Walker’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
15 people died in crashes on Walker’s roads in 2019–2023
Walker had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 11.8 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.
Walker and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | C− | 2.3 | 24.7 |
| Grand Rapids | D | 9.0 | 26.1 |
| Grandville | D | 2.7 | 31.8 |
| Tallmadge Township | — | — | — |
| Alpine Township | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | C− | 4.7 | 22.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tallmadge Township and Alpine Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | C− | 2.3 | 24.7 |
| Garden City | B− | 2.7 | 7.9 |
| Norton Shores | C | 2.3 | 18.7 |
| Auburn Hills | C− | 3.2 | 20.2 |
| Blackman Township | C− | 2.7 | 25.1 |
| Inkster | D | 10.4 | 19.1 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Walker’s population (25,881), 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 Walker. 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 Walker’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,096 in 2025); our figure for Walker is 25,881 (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 Walker
Is Walker, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Walker reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #204 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 2.3 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 Walker?
2.3 violent and 24.7 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.
Is crime going up or down in Walker?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Walker in 2025?
Walker’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 Walker safer than Grand Rapids?
Grand Rapids reports more crime per resident than Walker: Grand Rapids grades D for safety and Walker C−. Grand Rapids’s police reported 9.0 violent and 26.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Walker?
Walker’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Walker”. 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.