Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Traverse City, MI Crime Grade
How Traverse 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Michigan
8/10
vs. Michigan cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Traverse City, MI was 581.9 per 100,000 residents (92 incidents over a population of 15,809). That puts Traverse City 79% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 38% above the Michigan statewide rate of 422.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Traverse City (red), Michigan (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Traverse 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 | 404.0(64) | 281.7(44) | 286.3(45) | 318.1(50) | 581.9(92) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.3(1) |
| Rape | 88.4(14) | 89.6(14) | 50.9(8) | 57.3(9) | 139.2(22) |
| Robbery | 12.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 12.7(2) | 12.7(2) | 12.7(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 303.0(48) | 192.1(30) | 222.7(35) | 248.1(39) | 423.8(67) |
| Property crime | 1193.2(189) | 1293.5(202) | 1049.9(165) | 547.1(86) | 746.4(118) |
| Burglary | 107.3(17) | 153.7(24) | 95.4(15) | 63.6(10) | 94.9(15) |
| Larceny | 1022.7(162) | 1075.8(168) | 865.4(136) | 445.3(70) | 594.6(94) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 63.1(10) | 57.6(9) | 70.0(11) | 38.2(6) | 50.6(8) |
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: Traverse 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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