The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Missaukee County, MI
Missaukee County is home to 15,200 residents and includes Lake City and McBain · Updated November 2026
Is Missaukee County, MI safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Missaukee County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 82% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Missaukee County run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 942 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
82% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Missaukee County as a whole, and 18% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Missaukee County scores 942.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Missaukee County, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Missaukee County, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Missaukee County
More visitors than residents. Missaukee County draws more people to work, shop or visit than live in it, so its crimes per resident run higher than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against everyone who spends time here.
The safest and least safe parts of Missaukee County
Every part of Missaukee County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Missaukee County run from A+ to B+; 93% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Missaukee County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Missaukee County has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% less than the US as a whole and close to Michigan.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Missaukee County, about 51% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Missaukee County compares with nearby counties
Missaukee County has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Missaukee County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Missaukee County has more crime than 77% of them.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Missaukee County
Two things set Missaukee County apart: it has 7% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and a Walk Grade of F (3 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.7% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 99% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.NoneUS: 24%Lower than for 99% of Americans
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 97% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (3 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 99% of Americans
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.24 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 95% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Missaukee County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.4.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 85% of Americans
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Missaukee County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Missaukee County about $1,042 a year per household, 14% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $22 million a year, or $1,436 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.2 million
$82
Rape
$530,000
$35
Robbery
$16,000
$1
Assault
$2.8 million
$183
Burglary
$170,000
$12
Theft
$600,000
$39
Vehicle theft
$200,000
$13
Arson
$36,000
$2
Vandalism
$580,000
$38
Total
$6.2 million
$406
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Missaukee County means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Missaukee County, MI average a SchoolGrade of B+: 43% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Missaukee County on SchoolGrade
