Photo: Traveler100 · CC BY-SA 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 39% per resident in Walled Lake from 2023 to 2025
Its 3 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Overall, it grades B+ for safety (#94 of 266 graded towns in Michigan). Police counts work out at 1.3 violent crimes and 8.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Michigan they are 5.4 and 17.5.
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 Walled Lake
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Michigan towns on Walled Lake’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Wolverine Lake (A+), Commerce Township (A−), Novi (B+). 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 Walled Lake’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Walled Lake property | Rest of Michigan property | Walled Lake violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.7 | 18.7 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 9.9 | 19.4 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 8.1 | 17.4 | 1.4 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 6.0 | 15.6 | 0.9 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Walled Lake | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Walled Lake’s police reported 28 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Walled Lake 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
52 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.
7 violent and 45 property, as reported to the FBI by Walled Lake’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Walled Lake’s roads in 2019–2023
Walled Lake had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
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 Walled Lake’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Walled Lake’s own rate (5.5) 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.
Walled Lake and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walled Lake | B+ | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| Commerce Township | A− | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Wolverine Lake | A+ | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| Novi | B+ | 1.0 | 6.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walled Lake | B+ | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| Clayton Township | A | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| St. Louis | B+ | 1.6 | 5.8 |
| Oscoda Township | B | 3.0 | 4.2 |
| Buena Vista Township | D− | 11.9 | 21.2 |
| Albion | D− | 12.6 | 24.5 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Walled Lake’s population (7,320), 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 Walled Lake. 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 Walled Lake’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,461 in 2025); our figure for Walled Lake is 7,320 (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 Walled Lake
Is Walled Lake, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Walled Lake reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #94 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 1.3 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 Walled Lake?
1.3 violent and 8.0 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 Walled Lake safer than Commerce Township?
Commerce Township reports less crime per resident than Walled Lake: Commerce Township grades A− for safety and Walled Lake B+. Commerce Township’s police reported 0.6 violent and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Walled Lake?
Walled Lake’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Walled Lake”. 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.