What is the crime rate in Paw Paw, MI?

In 2025, the Paw Paw Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 139 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 409 violent and 4,066 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,419 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: 409
Property per 100,000: 4,066
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 139

Crime reported by the Paw Paw 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	21	616	157	4,603	3,411
2024	16	471	150	4,414	3,398
2025	14	409	139	4,066	3,419

Violent crimes reported went from 21 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 157 in 2023 to 139 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.

Paw Paw against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Paw Paw	409	4,066
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 Paw Paw, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Paw Paw	—	409	4,066
Lawton	4.0 mi	160	854
Mattawan	4.9 mi	271	372
Lawrence	8.5 mi	297	892
Decatur	8.5 mi	605	2,240
Bangor	13 mi	763	1,322

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

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

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