What is the crime rate in Lawton, MI?

In 2025, the Lawton Police Department reported 3 violent crimes and 16 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 160 violent and 854 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,873 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: 160
Property per 100,000: 854
Violent crimes: 3
Property crimes: 16

Crime reported by the Lawton 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	5	280	16	895	1,788
2024	3	168	18	1,010	1,783
2025	3	160	16	854	1,873

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 3 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 16 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.

Lawton against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lawton	160	854
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 Lawton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lawton	—	160	854
Paw Paw	4.0 mi	409	4,066
Mattawan	4.2 mi	271	372
Decatur	7.8 mi	605	2,240
Lawrence	11 mi	297	892
Schoolcraft	11 mi	69	485
Portage	13 mi	199	2,395

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

Lawton lies inside Antwerp Township, whose figures include it, so it is ranked only against places like it.

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