Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in White Lake Township than in 87% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is lower than in 82% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 85%. On top of that, on crimes reported by White Lake Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #26 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Each year brought 0.6 violent crime and 4.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (5.4 and 17.5 in the rest of 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 White Lake Township
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Michigan towns on White Lake Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Springfield Township (A), Highland Township (A), Commerce Township (A−), Waterford Township (B−). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind White Lake 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
Show as a table
| Year | White Lake Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
White Lake Township’s police reported 54 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 White Lake Township 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.
Reported crime is steady
Show as a table
| Year | White Lake Township property | Rest of Michigan property | White Lake Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.6 | 18.8 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 19.5 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 17.4 | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 15.7 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
141 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.
18 violent and 123 property, as reported to the FBI by White Lake Township’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on White Lake Township’s roads in 2019–2023
White Lake Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of White Lake Township’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so White Lake Township’s own rate (5.2) 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.
White Lake Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Lake Township | A | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Springfield Township | A | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| Commerce Township | A− | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Waterford Township | B− | 2.6 | 7.5 |
| Highland Township | A | 0.9 | 2.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Lake Township | A | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Northville Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.8 |
| Brownstown Township | B | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| Bay City | C− | 5.6 | 17.9 |
| Jackson | D− | 9.9 | 35.0 |
| Flint Township | D− | 9.3 | 41.0 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to White Lake Township’s population (31,377), 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 White Lake 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 White Lake Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,660 in 2025); our figure for White Lake Township is 31,377 (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 White Lake Township
Is White Lake Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, White Lake Township reports less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #26 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 0.6 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 White Lake Township?
0.6 violent and 4.1 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.
How many homicides were there in White Lake Township in 2025?
White Lake Township’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 White Lake Township safer than Springfield Township?
Springfield Township reports less crime per resident than White Lake Township: Springfield Township grades A for safety and White Lake Township A. Springfield Township’s police reported 0.6 violent and 3.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices White Lake Township?
White Lake Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “White Lake Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
Heads-up board
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in White Lake Township.
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.