Crime rates for Hale, MI

The crime rate in Hale is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 42 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Hale is 1 in 24. Based on FBI crime data, Hale is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Michigan, Hale has a crime rate that is higher than 80% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a town's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 4,605, Hale has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Hale does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Hale.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Hale 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 Hale.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Hale occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Hale – such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder – is 1 in 239. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Hale's rate for property crime is 38 per one thousand population. This makes Hale 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. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Hale is one in 26.