Grand Rapids, MI crime rate
In 2025 the Grand Rapids Police Department reported 894.4 violent crimes and 2,334.0 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Michigan and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Grand Rapids compare with Michigan and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Grand Rapids only.
What offenses were reported in Grand Rapids, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Michigan | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,793 | 894.4 | 416.2 | 327.6 | down 1.8% | down 9.5% |
| Murder | 13 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | up 6.6% | down 27.0% |
| Rape | 168 | 83.8 | 53.1 | 36.1 | down 7.2% | down 3.0% |
| Robbery | 191 | 95.3 | 26.3 | 49.4 | down 18.1% | down 35.2% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,421 | 708.8 | 332.5 | 238.0 | up 1.6% | down 5.0% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 4,679 | 2,334.0 | 1,258.5 | 1,534.8 | down 6.9% | down 9.9% |
| Burglary | 376 | 187.6 | 154.4 | 193.6 | down 29.9% | down 34.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 3,753 | 1,872.1 | 920.0 | 1,144.1 | up 2.4% | up 3.8% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 513 | 255.9 | 184.2 | 197.0 | down 33.4% | down 45.8% |
| Arson | 37 | 18.5 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 27.5% | down 29.7% |
Reported = offenses known to the Grand Rapids Police Department and sent to the FBI. Michigan and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Grand Rapids | United States | Michigan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 988.7 | 387.0 | 491.1 |
| 2022 | 978.8 | 388.7 | 463.3 |
| 2023 | 882.6 | 379.5 | 460.8 |
| 2024 | 910.6 | 362.9 | 436.9 |
| 2025 | 894.4 | 327.6 | 416.2 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Grand Rapids | United States | Michigan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,589.9 | 1,832.3 | 1,366.9 |
| 2022 | 3,035.7 | 1,973.8 | 1,549.4 |
| 2023 | 3,078.8 | 1,934.1 | 1,559.4 |
| 2024 | 2,506.2 | 1,761.1 | 1,397.8 |
| 2025 | 2,334.0 | 1,534.8 | 1,258.5 |
Is Grand Rapids safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Grand Rapids Police Department reported, 894.4 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Michigan's 416.2, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 1.8% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Grand Rapids police had 1,793 violent crimes and 4,679 property crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Per 100,000 residents covered by the Grand Rapids Police Department, the violent rate was 894.4, 2.1 times the Michigan estimate of 416.2 and 2.7 times the US rate of 327.6. The property rate was 2,334.0, which is 1.9 times the state's 1,258.5 and 1.5 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime is down 9.5% from 988.7 in 2021 and 1.8% from 2024. Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses in both spans, 35.2% since 2021 and 18.1% since 2024. Aggravated assault made up 79% of violent crime and was 3.0 times the US rate.
There were 13 homicides in 2025, a rate of 6.5 per 100,000, 27.0% below 2021. Property crime fell 6.9% from 2024 and 9.9% from 2021. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses, 45.8% since 2021 and 33.4% in the last year, and burglary fell 34.8% since 2021.
Larceny-theft had the largest rise in the group, 3.8% since 2021, and made up 80% of property crime. All 12 months were reported in each of the 5 years shown, and the department has used NIBRS since 2002. The Kent County Sheriff's Office and Grand Rapids Community College police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.08 per 1,000 residents (299 officers, 117 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Michigan cities
The nearest Michigan cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Grand Rapids Police Department (ORI MI4143600), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Michigan and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MI4143600_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Grand Rapids Police Department (MI4143600): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_MI4143600__from-2021-to-2025.json)