What is the crime rate in Portage, MI?

In 2025, the Portage Police Department reported 100 violent crimes and 1,203 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 199 violent and 2,395 property crimes per 100,000 of the 50,238 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: 199
Property per 100,000: 2,395
Violent crimes: 100
Property crimes: 1,203

Crime reported by the Portage 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	132	269	1,659	3,387	48,987
2024	137	277	1,476	2,987	49,416
2025	100	199	1,203	2,395	50,238

Violent crimes reported went from 132 in 2023 to 100 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,659 in 2023 to 1,203 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.

Portage against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Portage	199	2,395
Kalamazoo County	561	2,264
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 Portage, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Portage	—	199	2,395
Kalamazoo	5.4 mi	1,084	2,948
Vicksburg	5.8 mi	349	1,096
Schoolcraft	5.9 mi	69	485
Kalamazoo Charter Township	8.2 mi	641	2,345
Mattawan	11 mi	271	372

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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