What is the crime rate in Waterford Charter Township, MI?

In 2025, the Waterford Township Police Department reported 165 violent crimes and 446 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 234 violent and 632 property crimes per 100,000 of the 70,573 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: 234
Property per 100,000: 632
Violent crimes: 165
Property crimes: 446

Crime reported by the Waterford Township 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	197	285	573	829	69,153
2024	199	288	577	835	69,066
2025	165	234	446	632	70,573

Violent crimes reported went from 197 in 2023 to 165 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 573 in 2023 to 446 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.

Waterford Charter Township against Michigan and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Waterford Charter Township	234	632
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 Waterford Charter Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Waterford Charter Township	—	234	632
Sylvan Lake	4.2 mi	0	526
Keego Harbor	4.3 mi	108	470
Orchard Lake Village	5.1 mi	0	267
Pontiac	5.2 mi	820	1,389
Independence Charter Township	5.9 mi	77	277
White Lake Charter Township	6.0 mi	57	392
West Bloomfield Charter Township	6.6 mi	127	382
Auburn Hills	7.4 mi	332	1,925

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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