Property Crime per Capita in Grand Rapids
Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 Grand Rapids residents.
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Cost of Crime™ for Grand Rapids, MI
$93.4 million
In 2025, property crime will cost $209 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of the Grand Rapids area with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.
The B- grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in the Grand Rapids area against the average US city, where the rate is slightly lower than the norm. Grand Rapids sits in the 58th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 58% of cities and behind 42%. The grade covers only the Grand Rapids area’s official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.
The property crime rate in the Grand Rapids area is 10.92 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the southwest part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 42 in the east neighborhoods to 1 in 149 in the southwest.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Grand Rapids, MI report the most property crime, about 4,273 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 558 per year.
The Cost of Crime™ in Grand Rapids, MI
Property crime in Grand Rapids is projected to cost $93,449,412 in 2025, about $79 per resident and $209 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond.
Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:
- Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 64.6%
- Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 29.7%
- Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.6%
How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Grand Rapids Compared to Other Cities?
| Grand Rapids, MI: | $79 |
|---|---|
| Highland Park, MI: | $296 |
| Hudsonville, MI: | $19 |
| Michigan: | $114 |
| USA: | $136 |
Property crime costs $79 per resident each year in Grand Rapids, which is $57 less than the national average and $35 less than Michigan’s state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Grand Rapids:
- In Highland Park, MI, crime costs $296 per person, which is $217 more than in Grand Rapids.
- In Hudsonville, MI, crime costs $19 per person, which is $59 less than in Grand Rapids
2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type
The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Grand Rapids, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime |
Cost to Grand Rapids |
Cost per Grand Rapids Resident |
|---|---|---|
Vehicle Theft |
$27.3 million |
$23 |
Burglary |
$12.8 million |
$11 |
Theft |
$50.1 million |
$42 |
Arson |
$3.33 million |
$3 |
Total Cost of Property Crime |
$93,449,412 |
$79 |
How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated
Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Grand Rapids, MI.
All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.
Interpreting the Property Crime Maps
Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the central part of the city has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.
Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.
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Grand Rapids Property Crime Breakdown
The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Grand Rapids residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
8.142 |
Vehicle Theft |
1.482 |
Burglary |
1.184 |
Arson |
0.1159 |
Total Property Crime |
10.92 (B-) |
Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities
Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in the Grand Rapids area is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to the Grand Rapids area.
Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
B | B- | B+ | |
C- | D- | C- | |
B | C | C+ | |
C- | D | D+ | |
B | B- | C+ | |
C+ | C | C- | |
B | C+ | B- | |
A | A- | A- | |
B- | D+ | C+ | |
D+ | C- | D- |
Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations
Grand Rapids is lower versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
C+ | D+ | D+ | |
D+ | D | D | |
B- | B+ | B+ | |
D | D+ | D+ | |
D+ | D | D | |
C+ | D | D | |
D+ | C- | C- | |
B+ | C+ | C+ | |
C | B- | B- | |
C | A | A |
Considering only the property crime rate, the Grand Rapids area is safer than the Michigan state average and safer than the national average.
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