Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cadillac, MI Crime Grade
How Cadillac 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 Cadillac, MI was 407.3 per 100,000 residents (43 incidents over a population of 10,558). That puts Cadillac 25% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 4% below the Michigan statewide rate of 422.8.
That ranks Cadillac #3,043 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #98 of 138 in Michigan. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and up 38% over the last five years.
Cadillac, MI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Michigan Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 407.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,043 of 3,771
- MI rank
- #98 of 138
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- up 38%
- Population
- 10,558
- Reporting agency
- Cadillac Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cadillac Police Department (FBI ORI MI8328100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cadillac, MI
Also known as
- Little Clam
History
Named for La Motte (or La Mothe) Cadillac, who established a fort on the Detroit River in 1701.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cadillac (red), Michigan (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cadillac 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 | 294.2(31) | 537.8(56) | 397.5(42) | 468.9(49) | 407.3(43) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 161.4(17) | 115.2(12) | 85.2(9) | 105.3(11) | 123.1(13) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 28.8(3) | 18.9(2) | 9.6(1) | 9.5(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 132.9(14) | 393.7(41) | 293.4(31) | 354.1(37) | 274.7(29) |
| Property crime | 2401.3(253) | 2035.9(212) | 1845.7(195) | 2488.0(260) | 1865.9(197) |
| Burglary | 332.2(35) | 345.7(36) | 217.7(23) | 411.5(43) | 208.4(22) |
| Larceny | 1917.2(202) | 1536.5(160) | 1505.0(159) | 1770.3(185) | 1496.5(158) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 132.9(14) | 134.4(14) | 104.1(11) | 306.2(32) | 161.0(17) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cadillac, MI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Cadillac Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Cadillac calculated?
- Cadillac's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Michigan state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Michigan cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Cadillac Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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