What is the crime rate in South Haven, MI?

In 2025, the South Haven Police Department reported 22 violent crimes and 248 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 546 violent and 6,152 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,031 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: 546
Property per 100,000: 6,152
Violent crimes: 22
Property crimes: 248

Crime reported by the South Haven 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	33	825	251	6,273	4,001
2024	27	673	207	5,158	4,013
2025	22	546	248	6,152	4,031

Violent crimes reported went from 33 in 2023 to 22 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 251 in 2023 to 248 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.

South Haven against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
South Haven	546	6,152
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 South Haven, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
South Haven	—	546	6,152
Covert Township	8.2 mi	159	1,354
Bangor	10 mi	763	1,322
Coloma Charter Township	14 mi	125	501
Hartford	15 mi	81	530

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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