Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bay City, MI Crime Grade
How Bay City grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Michigan — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Michigan
8/10
vs. Michigan cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bay City, MI was 507.0 per 100,000 residents (162 incidents over a population of 31,954). That puts Bay City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 20% above the Michigan statewide rate of 422.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bay City (red), Michigan (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bay City vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 770.2(248) | 579.9(187) | 657.3(211) | 589.2(188) | 507.0(162) |
| Murder | 3.1(1) | 3.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 9.4(3) | 3.1(1) |
| Rape | 114.9(37) | 102.3(33) | 134.0(43) | 119.1(38) | 90.8(29) |
| Robbery | 46.6(15) | 15.5(5) | 43.6(14) | 34.5(11) | 56.3(18) |
| Aggravated assault | 605.6(195) | 458.9(148) | 479.8(154) | 426.2(136) | 356.8(114) |
| Property crime | 1587.0(511) | 1237.2(399) | 2018.8(648) | 1918.0(612) | 1571.0(502) |
| Burglary | 282.6(91) | 186.1(60) | 330.2(106) | 247.6(79) | 212.8(68) |
| Larceny | 1065.2(343) | 917.9(296) | 1489.1(478) | 1397.8(446) | 1117.2(357) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 229.8(74) | 117.8(38) | 174.5(56) | 238.2(76) | 231.6(74) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Bay City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Michigan cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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