FBI arson data · 2024
Michigan Arson
1,246 arson offenses were reported by 882 Michigan law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 3.6% of the national total. The most was reported by Detroit Police Department (399).
Michigan agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Police Department | City | Wayne County | 399 |
| Grand Rapids Police Department | City | Kent County | 50 |
| Kalamazoo Police Department | City | Kalamazoo County | 39 |
| Lansing Police Department | City | Ingham County | 35 |
| Saginaw Police Department | City | Saginaw County | 27 |
| Battle Creek Police Department | City | Calhoun County | 21 |
| Warren Police Department | City | Macomb County | 21 |
| Flint Police Department | City | Genesee County | 16 |
| Dearborn Police Department | City | Wayne County | 16 |
| Flint Township Police Department | City | Genesee County | 13 |
| Kent County Sheriff's Office | County | Kent County | 13 |
| Clinton Township Police Department | City | Macomb County | 12 |
| Bay City Police Department | City | Bay County | 11 |
| Jackson Police Department | City | Jackson County | 11 |
| Muskegon Heights Police Department | City | Muskegon County | 11 |
| Highland Park Police Department | City | Wayne County | 11 |
| Westland Police Department | City | Wayne County | 11 |
| Roseville Police Department | City | Macomb County | 9 |
| Southfield Police Department | City | Oakland County | 9 |
| Port Huron Police Department | City | St. Clair County | 9 |
| Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office | County | Washtenaw County | 9 |
| Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office | County | Kalamazoo County | 8 |
| Ottawa County Sheriff's Office | County | Ottawa County | 8 |
| Redford Township Police Department | City | Wayne County | 8 |
| Allegan County Sheriff's Office | County | Allegan County | 7 |
Michigan arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Michigan arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Michigan in 2024?+
1,246 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 882 Michigan law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 226 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Michigan?+
Detroit Police Department, with 399 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Wayne County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Michigan?+
Michigan's 1,246 reported arsons were 3.6% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.