Sugar Rapids, MI Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Sugar Rapids in green. The most dangerous areas in Sugar Rapids are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Sugar Rapids, MI Safe from Murder?

The B- grade means the rate of murder is slightly lower than the average US city. Sugar Rapids is in the 56th percentile for safety, meaning 44% of cities are safer and 56% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Sugar Rapids's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in Sugar Rapids is 0.0531 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Sugar Rapids generally consider the west part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Sugar Rapids may be as high as 1 in 7,581 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 29,374 in the west part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the southeast parts of Sugar Rapids, MI: about 0 per year. The northwest part of Sugar Rapids has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Sugar Rapids's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Sugar Rapids to the Michigan state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Sugar Rapids is safer than the Michigan state average and safer than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Sugar Rapids, MI

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Sugar Rapids about $110,946 in 2025, or roughly $100 per resident. This is part of Sugar Rapids's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Sugar Rapids, including every crime type and how Sugar Rapids compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Sugar Rapids's crime maps on the Sugar Rapids overall crime page.

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Individual Sugar Rapids Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in Sugar Rapids is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Sugar Rapids.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Hockaday, MI	B+	B-	B	B-
Greenwood, MI	C+	D+	C	B
Gladwin, MI	B-	C-	C+	C+
Wooden Shoe Village, MI	C+	C-	C	D+
Alger, MI	C+	D	C	B-
Wagarville, MI	C+	C-	C+	C
West Branch, MI	C+	C-	C-	B+
Winegars, MI	A-	C	A	B-
Skeels, MI	B-	C-	C+	C+
Skidway Lake, MI	D	F	D	C-

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Sugar Rapids is lower versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Salem, NM	B-	D-	D-	F
Lisman, AL	D-	F	F	F
Lowden, IA	C	A-	A-	B
Luzerne, MI	C	D-	D-	D
Marblehead, OH	C+	A-	A-	A
Mars Hill, ME	A-	A+	A+	A-
Melbourne, IA	C-	C-	C-	A-
Roslyn Harbor, NY	C	C+	C+	B-
Rough Rock, AZ	F	F	F	F
Rye, TX	D+	C+	C+	C-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Sugar Rapids, MI average SchoolGrade of D+, with 29% actual proficiency versus 30% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Sugar Rapids schools on SchoolGrade

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