What is the crime rate in Independence Charter Township, MI?

In 2025, the Independence Township Police Department reported 29 violent crimes and 105 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 77 violent and 277 property crimes per 100,000 of the 37,873 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: 77
Property per 100,000: 277
Violent crimes: 29
Property crimes: 105

Crime reported by the Independence Township 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	34	93	204	558	36,558
2024	39	105	125	337	37,059
2025	29	77	105	277	37,873

Violent crimes reported went from 34 in 2023 to 29 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 204 in 2023 to 105 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.

Independence Charter Township against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Independence Charter Township	77	277
Oakland County	178	789
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 Independence Charter Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Independence Charter Township	—	77	277
Springfield Charter Township	5.6 mi	60	253
Waterford Charter Township	5.9 mi	234	632
Brandon Charter Township	6.6 mi	70	235
Orion Charter Township	6.6 mi	66	315
Lake Orion	7.9 mi	175	280
Oxford Charter Township	8.4 mi	106	172
Pontiac	8.6 mi	820	1,389
White Lake Charter Township	8.7 mi	57	392

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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