What is the crime rate in Pontiac, MI?

In 2025, the Pontiac Police Department reported 514 violent crimes and 871 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 820 violent and 1,389 property crimes per 100,000 of the 62,702 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: 820
Property per 100,000: 1,389
Violent crimes: 514
Property crimes: 871

Crime reported by the Pontiac 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	681	1,101	1,206	1,949	61,871
2024	607	985	1,022	1,658	61,644
2025	514	820	871	1,389	62,702

Violent crimes reported went from 681 in 2023 to 514 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,206 in 2023 to 871 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.

Pontiac against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Pontiac	820	1,389
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 Pontiac, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Pontiac	—	820	1,389
Auburn Hills	2.8 mi	332	1,925
Sylvan Lake	3.2 mi	0	526
Keego Harbor	4.1 mi	108	470
Bloomfield Charter Township	5.0 mi	52	651
Bloomfield Hills	5.1 mi	23	563
Waterford Charter Township	5.2 mi	234	632
Orchard Lake Village	5.9 mi	0	267
Rochester Hills	6.6 mi	62	630

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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