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

In 2025, the Meridian Township Police Department reported 116 violent crimes and 644 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 255 violent and 1,418 property crimes per 100,000 of the 45,421 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: 255
Property per 100,000: 1,418
Violent crimes: 116
Property crimes: 644

Crime reported by the Meridian 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	96	219	792	1,805	43,870
2024	86	196	754	1,717	43,912
2025	116	255	644	1,418	45,421

Violent crimes reported went from 96 in 2023 to 116 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 792 in 2023 to 644 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.

Meridian Charter Township against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Meridian Charter Township	255	1,418
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 Meridian 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
Meridian Charter Township	—	255	1,418
East Lansing	3.6 mi	216	1,265
Bath Charter Township	6.5 mi	59	597
Lansing	7.2 mi	1,342	2,114
Williamston	7.5 mi	285	492
Lansing Charter Township	8.6 mi	653	3,190
DeWitt Charter Township	8.7 mi	175	621
Mason	10 mi	264	661
DeWitt	11 mi	0	272

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

The figures for Meridian Charter Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Haslett, Okemos.

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