

Fenton and LeRoy had the settlement, then known as Dibbleville, platted. Fenton and Robert LeRoy bought land, a sawmill and water rights from Dibble, who moved elsewhere. Other settlers followed at Dibble's invite from Grumlaw, with Dustin Cheney and his family first to move there, forming the community of Dibbleville. Ĭlark Dibble, a pioneer from New York, was the first white settler to purchase land in the township, in March 1834. The Fenton survey township area was a part of Argentine Township starting Jwhen it was separately organized. The township land was initially a part of Grand Blanc Township when it was organized March 9, 1833, and a part of Genesee County when it was formed by the territorial legislature in 1835. This CDP includes two unincorporated communities, Lakeside and Bayport Park. The Lake Fenton Community Schools district overlaps a portion of this and adjacent areas. Lake Fenton, is an area within the township, defined as a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes by the U.S.Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Fenton is one in 55. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. This makes Fenton a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Fenton's rate for property crime is 18 per one thousand population. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Fenton is one in 669. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Fenton's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. 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 Fenton. Now let us turn to take a look at how Fenton does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes.

Regardless of how Fenton does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most. Importantly, when you compare Fenton to other communities of similar population, then Fenton crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Relative to Michigan, Fenton has a crime rate that is higher than 82% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes. Based on FBI crime data, Fenton is not one of the safest communities in America. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Fenton is 1 in 51. The crime rate in Fenton is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 20 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate.
