Grand Traverse County, MI Property Crime Rates and Maps

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Violent Crime Grade	B
Property Crime Grade	B+
Other Crime Grade	A

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$7.99 million

Cost of Crime™ for Grand Traverse County, MI

In 2025, property crime will cost $195 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Grand Traverse County 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 Grand Traverse County against the average US county, where the rate is lower than the norm. Grand Traverse County sits in the 74th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 74% of counties and behind 26%. The grade covers only Grand Traverse County's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby counties.

The property crime rate in Grand Traverse County is 11.75 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the south part of the county as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 52 in the central areas to 1 in 226 in the south.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Grand Traverse County, MI report the most property crime, about 345 cases per year. The south part reports the fewest, around 12 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Grand Traverse County, MI

Property crime in Grand Traverse County is projected to cost $7,993,112 in 2025, about $80 per resident and $195 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): 68.0%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 26.1%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.9%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Grand Traverse County Compared to Other Counties?

Grand Traverse County, MI:	$80
Wayne County, MI:	$184
Ottawa County, MI:	$37
Michigan:	$114
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $80 per resident each year in Grand Traverse County, which is $56 less than the national average and $34 less than Michigan's state average. The comparison below uses counties similar to Grand Traverse County:

In Wayne County, MI, crime costs $184 per person, which is $103 more than in Grand Traverse County.
In Ottawa County, MI, crime costs $37 per person, which is $44 less than in Grand Traverse County

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Grand Traverse County, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Grand Traverse County	Cost per Grand Traverse County Resident
Vehicle Theft	$1.60 million	$16
Burglary	$1.50 million	$15
Theft	$4.61 million	$46
Arson	$284,233	$3
Total Cost of Property Crime	$7,993,112	$80

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 Traverse County, 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 north part of the county 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 Traverse County 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 Traverse County residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	8.940
Vehicle Theft	1.034
Burglary	1.660
Arson	0.1181
Total Property Crime	11.75 (B+)

Individual Grand Traverse County Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Counties

Compared to surrounding counties, the rate of property crime in Grand Traverse County is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for counties close to Grand Traverse County.

Nearby County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Leelanau County, MI	A	B+	A
Benzie County, MI	A+	B+	A+
Kalkaska County, MI	A	B-	A+
Antrim County, MI	A+	B-	A+
Wexford County, MI	A-	C+	B+
Missaukee County, MI	A+	A-	A+
Manistee County, MI	B+	C	B+
Charlevoix County, MI	A-	C+	A-
Crawford County, MI	A	B-	A
Otsego County, MI	B+	C+	B

Crime Maps and Rates for County with Similar Populations

Grand Traverse County is lower versus other counties of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in counties with comparable overall population in the county‘s boundaries.

Similar County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Benton County, OR	D+	B	B
Cecil County, MD	B-	C+	C+
Cape May County, NJ	A+	C+	C+
Campbell County, KY	C+	A-	A-
Calvert County, MD	A-	A-	A-
Cabell County, WV	B-	C+	C+
Burleigh County, ND	C+	B+	B+
Burke County, NC	B-	B-	B-
Bowie County, TX	D	D-	D-
Bay County, MI	B-	D	D

Considering only the property crime rate, Grand Traverse County is safer than the Michigan state average and safer than the national average.

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