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Sault Ste. Marie, 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 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 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

The crime rate in Sault Ste. Marie is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 12 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 Sault Ste. Marie is 1 in 80. Based on FBI crime data, Sault Ste. Marie is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie has a crime rate that is higher than 66% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

How does the crime rate in Sault Ste. Marie compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Sault Ste. Marie with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Sault Ste. Marie'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 Sault Ste. Marie 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 Sault Ste. Marie.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Sault Ste. Marie 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 Sault Ste. Marie; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 325. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Sault Ste. Marie; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 9 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Sault Ste. Marie Crime Data

total Crime Index

40

(100 is safest)


Safer than 40% of U.S. cities.

Sault Ste. Marie Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

41

125

166

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

3.08

9.38

12.45

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
3.08
4.61
National Median: 4
    Sault Ste. Marie
    Michigan

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 325

in Sault Ste. Marie

1 in 217

in Michigan

Sault Ste. Marie Violent Crimes

Population: 13,333
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 1 12 0 28
Rate per 1,000 0.08 0.90 0.00 2.10

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
9.38
15.37
National Median: 20
    Sault Ste. Marie
    Michigan

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 107

in Sault Ste. Marie

1 in 65

in Michigan

Property Crimes

Population: 13,333
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 9 107 9
Rate per 1,000 0.68 8.03 0.68

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Sault Ste. Marie Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
12
25
National Median: 27.0
    Sault Ste. Marie
    Michigan

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