Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Saginaw Township, MI Crime Grade
How Saginaw Township 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Michigan
4/10
vs. Michigan cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Saginaw Township, MI was 188.5 per 100,000 residents (77 incidents over a population of 40,841). That puts Saginaw Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 55% below the Michigan statewide rate of 422.8.
That ranks Saginaw Township #1,972 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 48% of them, and #52 of 138 in Michigan. Violent crime is up 7% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Saginaw Township, MI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Michigan Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 188.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,972 of 3,771
- MI rank
- #52 of 138
- Safer than
- 48% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 7%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 40,841
- Reporting agency
- Saginaw Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Saginaw Township Police Department (FBI ORI MI7371800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Saginaw Township, MI
Also known as
- Fort Saginaw
History
Derived from an Ojibwa Indian word meaning "Sauk place," referring to the Sauk or Sac Indians.
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. Saginaw Township (red), Michigan (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Saginaw Township 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 | 218.9(85) | 215.3(89) | 217.0(89) | 176.2(72) | 188.5(77) |
| Murder | 5.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.9(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 25.7(10) | 36.3(15) | 26.8(11) | 34.3(14) | 19.6(8) |
| Robbery | 36.0(14) | 24.2(10) | 31.7(13) | 19.6(8) | 22.0(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 151.9(59) | 154.8(64) | 158.5(65) | 117.5(48) | 146.9(60) |
| Property crime | 1305.5(507) | 1475.8(610) | 1619.0(664) | 1443.8(590) | 1525.4(623) |
| Burglary | 128.7(50) | 113.7(47) | 121.9(50) | 173.7(71) | 134.7(55) |
| Larceny | 1068.6(415) | 1258.0(520) | 1389.8(570) | 1155.1(472) | 1280.6(523) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 103.0(40) | 101.6(42) | 107.3(44) | 110.1(45) | 107.7(44) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Saginaw Township, 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 Saginaw Township 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 Saginaw Township calculated?
- Saginaw Township'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 Saginaw Township 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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