Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area, MI Crime

The crime rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area is slightly below the national average. The violent crime rate stands at 24.5, which is about two points lower than the national average of 22.7. Furthermore, the property crime rate in the region stands at 30.1, which is also lower than the national average of 35.4. This indicates that while there may be criminal activity present in this area, it is not significantly higher than what can be seen nationally and may even be safer than some other parts of the country.

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area violent crime is 24.5. (The US average is 22.7)

Lansing-East Lansing Metro Area property crime is 30.1. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: The city of Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan does not have FBI Crime Statistics. The closest similar sized city with FBI crime data is the city of Toledo, Ohio. The charts below are detailed crime statistics for the city of Toledo, Michigan. Click links below to see charts for each crime category.

Violent Crimes - Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Property Crimes - Burglary Larceny Auto Theft

East Lansing, MI Crime History

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Year	Violent	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property	Burglary	Larceny	Auto
2000	309.1	2.1	34.1	29.8	243	3224.8	584	2532.1	108.7
2001	429.8	0	32.1	62	335.7	3361.1	613.6	2634.2	113.3
2002	395.3	0	53.1	63.8	278.4	2697.2	391.1	2206.2	99.9
2003	493.4	8.6	38.8	66.8	379.2	2949.9	553.8	2241	155.1
2004	396.6	6.3	40.1	69.6	280.6	2822.9	563.3	2152	107.6
2005	374.6	0	42.8	85.6	246.2	2416.7	432.4	1870.9	113.5
2006	371.5	0	30.2	60.5	280.8	2360.5	535.6	1695.4	129.6
2007	437.2	0	47.8	73.9	315.4	2127.1	502.4	1522.4	102.2
2008	406.8	0	36.8	58.4	311.6	2246	584.2	1553.6	108.2
2009	349.5	0	39.3	67.7	242.5	2400.7	594.2	1743.2	63.3
2010	368.4	2.2	15.5	57.7	293	2416.9	603.7	1711.1	102.1
2011	168.9	2.1	35	14.4	117.4	2148.7	601.5	1440	107.1
2012	238.2	0	34.9	39	164.3	2039	441.5	1427.1	170.4
2013	224.7	0	63.9	49.5	111.3	1647.2	309.2	1138	200
2014	278	4.1	55.6	55.6	162.7	1437.5	302.7	1007.1	127.7
2015	193.1	2.1	78.1	26.7	86.3	1495.8	332.9	984.2	178.8
2016	237.4	0	88.7	49.5	99.1	1484	255.9	1007.2	220.8
2017	167.6	0	45	32.7	89.9	1596.5	216.7	1099.8	280
2018	218.9	2	69.6	26.6	120.7	1651	186.2	1096.6	368.2
2019	183.7	0	83.5	23	77.2	1753.2	235.8	1175	342.3

Crime in Nearby Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
East Lansing, MI	183.7	1,753.2	45,058	1	2019
Lansing, MI	1,103.8	2,820.4	120,471	3	2019
Lansing charter, MI	844.0	5,317.1	8,554	4	2019
Meridian charter, MI	246.6	2,055.3	42,878	4	2019
DeWitt charter, MI	147.3	800.6	15,613	5	2019
Bath charter, MI	106.6	868.2	12,759	7	2019

Crime in Similar Size Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
Toledo, OH	952.1	3,462.5	291,066	88	2019
Fort Wayne, IN	361.6	2,760.9	257,009	119	2019
Cleveland, OH	1,516.6	4,467.2	397,106	169	2019
Cincinnati, OH	844.6	4,302.5	309,104	249	2019
Madison, WI	359.8	2,474.1	237,508	250	2019
Pittsburgh, PA	578.8	3,016.1	308,609	283	2018

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Joy · Lansing, MI

Lansing is for Loving

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Lansing is a well balanced sub-urban city. Enough people to have a diverse night life but, not so many that you are living on top of each other. Are you a politico? More

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