What is the crime rate in Burton, MI?

In 2025, the Burton Police Department reported 206 violent crimes and 579 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 702 violent and 1,972 property crimes per 100,000 of the 29,358 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: 702
Property per 100,000: 1,972
Violent crimes: 206
Property crimes: 579

Crime reported by the Burton 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	244	832	916	3,122	29,343
2024	229	782	693	2,367	29,280
2025	206	702	579	1,972	29,358

Violent crimes reported went from 244 in 2023 to 206 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 916 in 2023 to 579 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.

Burton against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Burton	702	1,972
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 Burton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Burton	—	702	1,972
Flint	4.1 mi	1,097	1,092
Grand Blanc	4.7 mi	203	723
Davison Township	5.2 mi	215	773
Davison	5.5 mi	179	496
Grand Blanc Charter Township	6.0 mi	233	1,158
Genesee Charter Township	6.6 mi	851	1,677
Flint Charter Township	7.5 mi	826	4,061
Richfield Township (Genesee County)	8.2 mi	123	591

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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