What is the crime rate in Kentwood, MI?

In 2025, the Kentwood Police Department reported 321 violent crimes and 1,014 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 585 violent and 1,847 property crimes per 100,000 of the 54,895 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: 585
Property per 100,000: 1,847
Violent crimes: 321
Property crimes: 1,014

Crime reported by the Kentwood 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	279	517	1,500	2,779	53,979
2024	221	410	1,221	2,266	53,891
2025	321	585	1,014	1,847	54,895

Violent crimes reported went from 279 in 2023 to 321 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,500 in 2023 to 1,014 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.

Kentwood against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kentwood	585	1,847
Kent County	453	1,551
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 Kentwood, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kentwood	—	585	1,847
East Grand Rapids	4.3 mi	43	583
Wyoming	5.8 mi	459	1,968
Grand Rapids	6.2 mi	894	2,334
Grandville	8.1 mi	219	2,464
Walker	11 mi	234	2,606

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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