Kentwood, MI Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Kentwood, MI Summary

Crime in Kentwood research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Kentwood over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Kentwood:

  • There were 1,385 total crimes committed in Kentwood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,570.0 total crimes per 100K people in Kentwood.
  • The overall crime rate in Kentwood is 21.27% above the national average.
  • Kentwood ranks #332 safest out of 390 cities in Michigan.
  • Kentwood ranks #8,137 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Kentwood Vs Michigan And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Kentwood is 2,570.0 per 100,000 people. That's 21.27% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 41.74% higher than the Michigan total crime rate of 1,813.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Kentwood
/ 100k People
Michigan
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,385 2,570.0 1,813.2 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.9 5.2 5.0
Robbery 20 37.1 31.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 156 289.5 341.3 256.0
Violent Crime 209 387.8 434.3 359.0
Burglary 116 215.2 184.2 229.0
Larceny 871 1,616.2 963.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 189 350.7 231.0 259.0
Property Crime 1,176 2,182.2 1,378.9 1,760.0

Kentwood Crime Compared To Michigan Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Michigan.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Kentwood

209
Violent Crimes
387.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
8.03%
Above The National Average
  • There were 209 violent crimes in Kentwood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Kentwood is 387.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 257.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Kentwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 230.2 chance statewide.
  • That's 8.03% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -10.71% lower than the Michigan violent crime rate of 434.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Kentwood

1,176
Property Crimes
2,182.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
23.99%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,176 property crimes in Kentwood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Kentwood is 2,182.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 45.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Kentwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 23.99% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 58.26% higher than the Michigan property crime rate of 1,378.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Kentwood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Grand Rapids, MI 195,913 6,643 3,390.8 2,480.7 910.1
Wyoming, MI 77,684 2,032 2,615.7 2,144.6 471.1
Walker, MI 25,308 675 2,667.1 2,445.9 221.3
Grandville, MI 16,900 641 3,792.9 3,432.0 360.9
East Grand Rapids, MI 11,441 131 1,145.0 1,083.8 61.2
Rockford, MI 6,183 55 889.5 792.5 97.0

Kentwood SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
9
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