What is the crime rate in Bay City, MI?

In 2025, the Bay City Police Department reported 163 violent crimes and 505 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 510 violent and 1,580 property crimes per 100,000 of the 31,954 residents it serves.

Across Michigan the rates were 431 and 1,300.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 510
Property per 100,000: 1,580
Violent crimes: 163
Property crimes: 505

Crime reported by the Bay City Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	210	654	650	2,025	32,099
2024	190	595	611	1,915	31,908
2025	163	510	505	1,580	31,954

Violent crimes reported went from 210 in 2023 to 163 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 650 in 2023 to 505 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Bay City against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bay City	510	1,580
Michigan	431	1,300
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Bay City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bay City	—	510	1,580
Essexville	2.8 mi	61	609
Hampton Charter Township	6.2 mi	292	1,345
Zilwaukee	7.6 mi	201	402
Carrollton Township	9.4 mi	377	773
Buena Vista Charter Township	9.5 mi	1,008	1,720
Tittabawassee Township	12 mi	91	338
Saginaw Charter Township	12 mi	189	1,543
Saginaw	12 mi	2,266	1,992

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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