The Grand Rapids metro area, the 50th-largest in the US, is home to 1.16 million residents; Grand Rapids itself is the second-largest city in Michigan · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in the Grand Rapids area?
The Grand Rapids area earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Theft makes up 59% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A+. The city of Grand Rapids itself grades B+ for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 876 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than the Grand Rapids area as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Grand Rapids area scores 876.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Grand Rapids, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Grand Rapids area, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in the Grand Rapids area
Thefts run high in Garfield Park. In this part of south Grand Rapids, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Grand Rapids.
Car thefts happen in the morning more often than nationally. In the Grand Rapids area, 39% of reported car thefts happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in the Grand Rapids area
Most of the Grand Rapids area grades well for property crime: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across the Grand Rapids area run from A+ to F.
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A or B 93%C 4%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Grand Rapids
1Norteast Citizens Action, northeastCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Grand Rapids.A879
2Eastown, Fulton Heights & Michgan Oaks, eastCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Grand Rapids.A-809
3Millbrook, South East End & Ridgemoor, southeastThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Grand Rapids.A-797
4West Grand & Westside, northwestClose to the rest of Grand Rapids on most crimes.B+713
5Creston, northThefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Grand Rapids.B653
6Roosevelt Park, southwestBurglaries run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Grand Rapids.B635
9Garfield Park, southBurglaries run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Grand Rapids.C+463
Neighborhood areas of the city of Grand Rapids, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Grand Rapids metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Property crime rates and types in the Grand Rapids area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Grand Rapids area has about 17 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 29% less than the US as a whole and close to Michigan.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in the Grand Rapids area, about 59% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in the Grand Rapids area
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across the Grand Rapids area, 2022 to 2024.
In the Grand Rapids area, 59% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (59%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (33%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in the Grand Rapids area and nearby metro areas
The Grand Rapids area has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest metro areas; only the Madison area has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Grand Rapids area. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Grand Rapids area is safer than 88% of them.
Empty homes, night lighting and density in the Grand Rapids area
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set the Grand Rapids area apart: it has 3.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 12% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, and it runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of Americans in metro areas
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.66% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 89% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.12% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 70% of Americans in metro areas
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs the Grand Rapids area
Property crime costs the Grand Rapids area about $136 million a year, or $117 per resident and about $317 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$14 million
$12
Theft
$60 million
$52
Vehicle theft
$27 million
$23
Arson
$2.5 million
$2
Vandalism
$33 million
$28
Total
$136 million
$117
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. These figures cover the whole Grand Rapids metro area. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
