Walker is a city of 27,100 in Kent County, about 4 miles northwest of downtown Grand Rapids · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Walker?
Walker earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live. Theft makes up 77% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 851 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Walker as a whole, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Walker scores 851.
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 Walker, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Walker, 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 Walker
Theft stands out among cities graded A for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 8.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Walker has 20.8.
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Walker, 46% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Walker
Every part of Walker where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Walker run from A to B-.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Walker?
Reported property crime in Walker peaked in 2022 and has fallen 16% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 24 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
WalkerUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Walker. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Walker
Property, US
2016
+9%
+15%
2017
-8%
+12%
2018
-13%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
-8%
2021
+4%
-10%
2022
+17%
-6%
2023
+6%
-7%
2024
-1%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Walker
CrimeGrade™ estimates Walker has about 27 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% more than the US as a whole and 44% more than 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 Walker, about 77% 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.
The Walker Police Department's 2024 count of burglary fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
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 Walker
Walker has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Walker, 49% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (35%)
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 Walker and nearby cities
Walker has less property crime than 4 of its 8 nearest cities.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Walker apart: it has 5.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 94 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.5.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 98% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.94 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 63% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 86% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Walker: D (17 of 100).9 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 83% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Walker on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Walker
Property crime costs Walker about $4.7 million a year, or $173 per resident and about $407 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
$380,000
$14
Theft
$2.9 million
$107
Vehicle theft
$870,000
$32
Arson
$41,000
$2
Vandalism
$490,000
$18
Total
$4.7 million
$173
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. 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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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.
