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Traverse City, MI crime: up or down?

Newest FBI monthly report: Sep 2026

Lower than past years, but within its usual swings

52% below the usual, but Traverse City's past years differ from each other almost as much, so this isn't clearly unusual.

33 violent and property crimes reported, May–Jul 2026
Usual for these months
69
Per 1,000 residents, past year
11.0
Michigan overall: 17.2
Residents served
15,809
FBI estimate

Missing or partial reports to the FBI: Sep 2023, Aug 2024 – Sep 2024, Aug 2026 – Sep 2026. Those months are left out of every comparison.

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The same months in past years

Next to similar-size cities

Among the 288 city police departments serving 10,000–25,000 residents in the 4 states loaded so far: violent crime 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year (94% of them report less), property crime 6.1 per 1,000 (34% report less).

The FBI warns against ranking places with these numbers: visitors, commuters, and how each department records and reports crime all differ. Treat this as context, not a grade.

Is Traverse City safe?

Crime Radar doesn't grade towns as safe or unsafe: one number can't say what a street is like, and the FBI warns against ranking places. What these reports can say is whether Traverse City has more or fewer reported crimes than it usually does, and that its yearly rate is 11.0 per 1,000 residents against 17.2 across Michigan. For one block, open it on the map.

How this works

Traverse City Police Department sends monthly counts of violent and property crime to the FBI. Crime Radar compares the newest complete three months with the same months in past years, and only calls a change when it's bigger than this department's usual ups and downs. Months with missing reports are left out, so a reporting gap never looks like a safe stretch. These are totals for everywhere the department patrols, not one street.

Not every crime reaches these numbers: in the national victim survey, about 6 in 10 serious violent crimes and 3 in 10 property crimes were reported to police in 2024 (BJS).

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