What is the crime rate in Big Rapids, MI?

In 2025, the Big Rapids Police Department reported 40 violent crimes and 114 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 464 violent and 1,323 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,616 residents it serves.

Across Michigan the rates were 431 and 1,300.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on .

Violent per 100,000
464
Property per 100,000
1,323
Violent crimes
40
Property crimes
114

Crime reported by the Big Rapids 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
YearViolent crimesViolent per 100,000Property crimesProperty per 100,000Residents served
2023435431021,2887,918
2024313891171,4687,971
2025404641141,3238,616

Violent crimes reported went from 43 in 2023 to 40 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 102 in 2023 to 114 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.

Big Rapids against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
Violent crimeProperty crime
Big Rapids4641,323
Mecosta County323861
Michigan4311,300
United States3301,552

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.

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.

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Questions about Big Rapids

What is the crime rate in Big Rapids?

In 2025, the Big Rapids Police Department reported 464 violent crimes and 1,323 property crimes per 100,000 residents to the FBI.

How many crimes were reported in Big Rapids in 2025?

In 2025, the Big Rapids Police Department reported 40 violent crimes and 114 property crimes to the FBI.

Has crime gone up or down in Big Rapids?

Violent crimes reported went from 43 in 2023 to 40 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 102 in 2023 to 114 in 2025.

Where do these crime figures come from?

From the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: each police department reports the offenses known to it every month, and the FBI publishes them in its Crime Data Explorer.

Sources

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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