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Walled Lake, MI crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2025 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Walled Lake has an overall crime rate of 9 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Walled Lake is 1 in 106. How does Walled Lake fare compared to other communities in Michigan of all population sizes? Walled Lake's crime rate is lower than approximately 38% of Michigan communities.

How does the crime rate in Walled Lake compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Walled Lake with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Walled Lake's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Walled Lake does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Walled Lake.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Walled Lake's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Walled Lake is one in 741.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Walled Lake; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Importantly, we found that Walled Lake has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Walled Lake is one in 256.

Walled Lake Crime Data

total Crime Index

42

(100 is safest)


Safer than 42% of U.S. cities.

Walled Lake Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

10

60

70

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

1.35

8.09

9.44

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
1.35
4.34
National Median: 4
    Walled Lake
    Michigan

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 741

in Walled Lake

1 in 230

in Michigan

Walled Lake Violent Crimes

Population: 7,413
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 1 0 9
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.13 0.00 1.21

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 16,935 127,527 205,952 870,931
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.38 0.61 2.56

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
8.09
13.79
National Median: 18
    Walled Lake
    Michigan

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 124

in Walled Lake

1 in 73

in Michigan

Property Crimes

Population: 7,413
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 9 22 29
Rate per 1,000 1.21 2.97 3.91

United States Property Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 779,542 4,326,531 880,327
Rate per 1,000 2.29 12.72 2.59

Walled Lake Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
30
23
National Median: 24.5
    Walled Lake
    Michigan