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The three measures the Factbook publishes for Michigan — different agencies, different periods, counting different things. Nothing here adds or scores one against another.

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Violent crime rate

30.8% above the national rate of 329.3 per 100,000

430.9 per 100,000 2025

Covers the 96.9% of the population whose agencies reported.

Offenses reported to police per 100,000 residents of the population the reporting agencies covered — not the state’s population, and a different share in each state. It is not a count of crime that happened.

FBI Crime Data Explorer API · Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division

District of Columbia · 806.0 per 100,000Maine · 95.0 per 100,000

Michigan is 10 of 51 by violent crime rate, at 430.9 per 100,000. Highest on the left.

The 51 figures behind this strip
Every jurisdiction by violent crime rate, highest first, with Michigan marked
RankNameViolent crime rate
1District of Columbia806.0 per 100,000
2Alaska736.0 per 100,000
3New Mexico647.9 per 100,000
4Arkansas535.3 per 100,000
5Tennessee498.8 per 100,000
6Kansas475.6 per 100,000
7Louisiana464.9 per 100,000
8Colorado438.1 per 100,000
9California434.8 per 100,000
10Michigan430.9 per 100,000
11Missouri425.6 per 100,000
12Montana422.0 per 100,000
13Oklahoma411.6 per 100,000
14South Carolina389.7 per 100,000
15Nevada383.7 per 100,000
16Arizona383.0 per 100,000
17New York368.0 per 100,000
18Maryland365.0 per 100,000
19Alabama352.8 per 100,000
20Delaware351.9 per 100,000
21Texas348.9 per 100,000
22North Carolina330.6 per 100,000
23South Dakota327.2 per 100,000
24Oregon319.1 per 100,000
25Georgia301.4 per 100,000
26Massachusetts301.0 per 100,000
27Indiana300.5 per 100,000
28Washington291.5 per 100,000
29Ohio287.9 per 100,000
30West Virginia265.8 per 100,000
31Illinois257.6 per 100,000
32Florida248.7 per 100,000
33Wisconsin244.5 per 100,000
34North Dakota240.2 per 100,000
35Iowa238.2 per 100,000
36Pennsylvania229.3 per 100,000
37Minnesota226.0 per 100,000
38Utah224.8 per 100,000
39Mississippi224.1 per 100,000
40Nebraska222.7 per 100,000
41Idaho221.3 per 100,000
42Vermont220.0 per 100,000
43Kentucky214.3 per 100,000
44Hawaii213.7 per 100,000
45Virginia210.4 per 100,000
46New Jersey198.4 per 100,000
47Wyoming187.4 per 100,000
48Rhode Island145.9 per 100,000
49New Hampshire119.2 per 100,000
50Connecticut111.1 per 100,000
51Maine95.0 per 100,000

Every jurisdiction, ranked

Michigan's reported violent crime rate is 46.9% below its 1986 peak

Violent offenses reported per 100,000 residents in Michigan, against the national rate for the same years. Only years with all twelve months are drawn.

The peak was 810.8 per 100,000 in 1986; 2025 was 430.9.

Coverage moves from year to year as agencies join and leave the program, so part of any change in Michigan's line is a change in who reported. The figure is in the table.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division — FBI Crime Data Explorer API

The figures behind this chart
Michigan's reported violent crime rate is 46.9% below its 1986 peak. Violent offenses reported per 100,000 residents in Michigan, against the national rate for the same years. Only years with all twelve months are drawn.
YearMichiganUnited StatesPopulation coveredMonths
1985737.8570.199.3%12
1986810.8633.598.0%12
1987787.7624.698.3%12
1988749.9630.097.3%12
1989722.8679.896.1%12
1990796.8749.597.5%12
1991810.4797.897.8%12
1992777.9785.397.9%12
1993730.5764.096.4%12
1994784.2740.392.5%12
1995723.9720.390.4%12
1996677.2658.588.6%12
1997646.3643.287.5%12
1998644.2602.996.2%12
1999581.9545.195.6%12
2000555.5533.997.8%12
2001557.7529.198.3%12
2002547.6512.698.1%12
2003514.9493.398.3%12
2004495.5478.398.3%12
2005557.5482.798.6%12
2006569.1486.898.7%12
2007537.4477.798.5%12
2008518.8463.698.4%12
2009503.5436.798.4%12
2010495.8407.998.3%12
2011447.1390.098.6%12
2012457.4390.598.4%12
2013455.1377.997.8%12
2014431.0373.698.8%12
2015421.2384.499.2%12
2016461.9399.499.3%12
2017453.0397.399.7%12
2018455.8384.799.3%12
2019444.0380.898.5%12
2020496.8399.198.3%12
2021500.0361.297.8%12
2022471.0398.398.0%12
2023468.1385.697.8%12
2024442.6363.498.0%12
2025430.9329.396.9%12
2026290.0 · 9 monot reported88.6%9

Imprisonment rate

8.9% below the national rate of 360 per 100,000

328 per 100,000 2023

People held under the state’s own correctional authority per 100,000 residents, from a different publisher counting a different thing. Never added to the rate above.

BJS Prisoners — Statistical Tables · U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

Mississippi · 652 per 100,000Massachusetts · 96 per 100,000

Michigan is 20 of 50 by imprisonment rate, at 328 per 100,000. Highest on the left.

The 50 figures behind this strip
Every jurisdiction by imprisonment rate, highest first, with Michigan marked
RankNameImprisonment rate
1Mississippi652 per 100,000
2Louisiana617 per 100,000
3Arkansas596 per 100,000
4Oklahoma545 per 100,000
5Idaho490 per 100,000
6Texas477 per 100,000
7Georgia449 per 100,000
8Arizona448 per 100,000
9Montana438 per 100,000
10Kentucky423 per 100,000
11South Dakota405 per 100,000
12Alabama394 per 100,000
13Ohio394 per 100,000
14Missouri385 per 100,000
15Florida382 per 100,000
16Wyoming378 per 100,000
17Indiana351 per 100,000
18Wisconsin346 per 100,000
19Tennessee341 per 100,000
20Michigan328 per 100,000
21West Virginia328 per 100,000
22Nevada327 per 100,000
23Virginia314 per 100,000
24Kansas305 per 100,000
25Pennsylvania300 per 100,000
26South Carolina299 per 100,000
27Nebraska295 per 100,000
28Oregon291 per 100,000
29Colorado290 per 100,000
30Delaware275 per 100,000
31North Carolina275 per 100,000
32Iowa274 per 100,000
33Maryland261 per 100,000
34New Mexico259 per 100,000
35California246 per 100,000
36North Dakota240 per 100,000
37Illinois238 per 100,000
38Alaska202 per 100,000
39Utah186 per 100,000
40Connecticut183 per 100,000
41Washington181 per 100,000
42New York167 per 100,000
43Hawaii165 per 100,000
44Minnesota152 per 100,000
45New Hampshire151 per 100,000
46New Jersey125 per 100,000
47Vermont124 per 100,000
48Rhode Island122 per 100,000
49Maine119 per 100,000
50Massachusetts96 per 100,000

Every jurisdiction, ranked

Obligations per resident

Higher than 18 of the 51 jurisdictions with a figure

$11,201 FY2026

Federal money obligated against a place of performance in the state, divided by its population. Where an award is administered, not where it reaches people.

USAspending API v2 · U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service

North Dakota · $108,417Utah · $7,573

Michigan is 33 of 51 by obligations per resident, at $11,201. Highest on the left.

The 51 figures behind this strip
Every jurisdiction by obligations per resident, highest first, with Michigan marked
RankNameObligations per resident
1North Dakota$108,417
2District of Columbia$61,942
3Kentucky$39,755
4Minnesota$38,476
5Connecticut$35,776
6Indiana$25,472
7South Carolina$22,421
8Alaska$22,332
9Virginia$20,119
10Pennsylvania$19,459
11New Mexico$19,382
12Wisconsin$16,682
13Tennessee$15,544
14Arizona$14,865
15Missouri$13,949
16Maine$13,935
17Maryland$13,505
18Massachusetts$13,186
19Rhode Island$12,664
20Oregon$12,521
21Nebraska$12,444
22Florida$12,416
23West Virginia$12,391
24Louisiana$12,114
25New York$12,054
26Alabama$11,947
27Vermont$11,750
28Mississippi$11,382
29Washington$11,357
30Montana$11,296
31California$11,282
32Hawaii$11,272
33Michigan$11,201
34Oklahoma$10,845
35South Dakota$10,709
36Delaware$10,637
37North Carolina$10,264
38Colorado$10,260
39New Hampshire$10,195
40Wyoming$9,999
41Idaho$9,913
42Ohio$9,892
43Arkansas$9,611
44Texas$9,464
45Illinois$9,371
46New Jersey$9,283
47Kansas$9,217
48Iowa$9,160
49Nevada$9,040
50Georgia$8,335
51Utah$7,573

Every jurisdiction, ranked

Every page about Michigan

  • Reported crimeCrime and justice

    Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.

  • Prison populationCrime and justice

    People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.

  • Arrests by race, sex and ageCrime and justice

    Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.

  • Hate crimeCrime and justice

    Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.

  • Federal obligationsFederal spending

    What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.

There is no immigration page for Michigan. CBP publishes by sector and field office — its own areas of responsibility, which do not follow state lines — and assigning one to a state would be a claim the data does not make. Immigration and the border.

Other states

← MassachusettsMinnesota →All 51 jurisdictions

What this data cannot show

  • Reporting to the FBI is voluntary. This counts offenses the participating agencies reported, over the population those agencies covered — so a state whose agencies reported less is not thereby safer, and two states are only comparable with their coverage shares beside them.
  • Prisons are not jails. People held in local jails awaiting trial or serving short sentences are a separate collection and are not counted here, so this is not the number of people behind bars in the state.
  • An obligation is a binding commitment to pay, recorded where the work is performed rather than where the money reaches people. One agency running something national from one office puts that whole figure in one state, which is why a small state can lead the country per resident.
  • Nothing here is comparable across the three. They are different agencies counting different things over different periods, and no figure on this page is derived from another.

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
  • BJS Prisoners — Statistical Tables — U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics · "Information generated by the Department of Justice is in the public domain and may be reproduced, published or otherwise used without the Department's permission." (https://bjs.ojp.gov/reuse-policy)
  • USAspending API v2 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105)

Data retrieved