California and Michigan compared
California reported 434.8 violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025 and Michigan reported 430.9. Each rate is over the population that state's reporting agencies covered, which is 100.0% and 96.9% respectively.
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Side by side
| Measure | California | Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime rateviolent offenses per 100,000 residents covered | 434.8 | 430.9 |
| Property crime rateproperty offenses per 100,000 residents covered | 1,821.3 | 1,299.4 |
| Violent offenses reportedoffenses | 171,068 | 42,267 |
| Property offenses reportedoffenses | 716,491 | 127,465 |
| Population the reporting agencies coveredresidents | 39,340,550.759 | 9,809,193.25 |
What this data cannot show
- Both are among the ten most populous states, which is why this pair is published rather than one of the 1,275 possible pairs.
- These two states sit next to each other in the violent crime ranking. Their rates are close enough that the difference in rank means less than it appears to.
- A rate here divides by the population the reporting agencies covered, not by everyone who lives in the state. That is the FBI’s own denominator and it is why the covered population is shown as a measure rather than left implicit.
- The FBI cautions against ranking jurisdictions against one another. This page puts two side by side with the coverage that produced each, which is the most a reader can be given without the comparison asserting more than the data holds.
Related
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer API — Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved September 19, 2026
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