Traverse City, MI Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Traverse City, MI Summary

Crime in Traverse City research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Traverse City over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Traverse City:

  • There were 245 total crimes committed in Traverse City the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,568.8 total crimes per 100K people in Traverse City.
  • The overall crime rate in Traverse City is -32.50% below the national average.
  • Traverse City ranks #288 safest out of 436 cities in Michigan.
  • Traverse City ranks #5,504 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Traverse City Vs Michigan And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Traverse City is 1,568.8 per 100,000 people. That's -32.50% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -14.69% lower than the Michigan total crime rate of 1,838.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Traverse City
/ 100k People
Michigan
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 245 1,568.8 1,838.9 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.6 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 44.5 66.1
Aggravated Assault 30 192.1 365.1 268.2
Violent Crime 44 281.7 478.0 369.8
Burglary 24 153.7 233.1 269.8
Larceny 168 1,075.8 943.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 9 57.6 184.5 282.7
Property Crime 201 1,287.1 1,360.9 1,954.4

Traverse City Crime Compared To Michigan Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Michigan.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Traverse City

44
Violent Crimes
281.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-23.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 44 violent crimes in Traverse City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Traverse City is 281.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 354.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Traverse City each year. That compares to a 1 in 209.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -23.81% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -41.06% lower than the Michigan violent crime rate of 478.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Traverse City

201
Property Crimes
1,287.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.15%
Below The National Average
  • There were 201 property crimes in Traverse City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Traverse City is 1,287.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 77.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Traverse City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.15% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -5.42% lower than the Michigan property crime rate of 1,360.9 per 100,000 people.

Traverse City SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
6
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
9
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