What is the crime rate in Shepherd, MI?

In 2025, the Shepherd Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 12 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 130 violent and 782 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,534 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: 130
Property per 100,000: 782
Violent crimes: 2
Property crimes: 12

Crime reported by the Shepherd 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	7	461	13	857	1,517
2024	0	0	10	664	1,505
2025	2	130	12	782	1,534

Violent crimes reported went from 7 in 2023 to 2 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 13 in 2023 to 12 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.

Shepherd against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Shepherd	130	782
Isabella County	140	413
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 Shepherd, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Shepherd	—	130	782
Mount Pleasant	6.6 mi	420	1,199
St. Louis	8.9 mi	161	549
Alma	10 mi	311	869

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

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

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