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Lake Orion, 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

Lake Orion has an overall crime rate of 8 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 Lake Orion is 1 in 131. How does Lake Orion fare compared to other communities in Michigan of all population sizes? Lake Orion's crime rate is lower than approximately 57% of Michigan communities.

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

For Lake Orion, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Lake Orion than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1439, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Lake Orion; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Lake Orion Crime Data

total Crime Index

59

(100 is safest)


Safer than 59% of U.S. cities.

Lake Orion Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

2

20

22

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.70

6.95

7.65

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.7
4.61
National Median: 4
    Lake Orion
    Michigan

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,439

in Lake Orion

1 in 217

in Michigan

Lake Orion Violent Crimes

Population: 2,877
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 0 1 1
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.35

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
6.95
15.37
National Median: 20
    Lake Orion
    Michigan

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 144

in Lake Orion

1 in 65

in Michigan

Property Crimes

Population: 2,877
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 0 20 0
Rate per 1,000 0.00 6.95 0.00

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

Lake Orion Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
17
25
National Median: 27.0
    Lake Orion
    Michigan