Houghton Lake Heights, MI Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	F
Property Crime Grade	F
Other Crime Grade	C

Which crimes are included?

$168,189

Cost of Crime™ for Houghton Lake Heights, MI

In 2025, violent crime will cost $1,260 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Houghton Lake Heights with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The F grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Houghton Lake Heights against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Houghton Lake Heights sits in the 2nd percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 2% of cities and behind 98%. The grade covers only Houghton Lake Heights's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Houghton Lake Heights is 11.21 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 83 in the east neighborhoods to 1 in 90 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Houghton Lake Heights, MI report the most violent crime, about 1 cases per year. The west part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Houghton Lake Heights, MI

The tangible cost of violent crime in Houghton Lake Heights is projected at $168,189 for 2025, about $563 per resident and $1,260 per household. That equals 1.8% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 41.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 45.5%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.6%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Houghton Lake Heights Compared to Other Cities?

Houghton Lake Heights, MI:	$563
Highland Park, MI:	$1391
Pearline, MI:	$93
Michigan:	$312
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $563 per resident each year in Houghton Lake Heights, which is $304 more than the national average and $250 more than Michigan's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Houghton Lake Heights:

In Highland Park, MI, crime costs $1,391 per person, which is $829 more than in Houghton Lake Heights.
In Pearline, MI, crime costs $93 per person, which is $470 less than in Houghton Lake Heights

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Houghton Lake Heights, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Houghton Lake Heights	Cost per Houghton Lake Heights Resident
Murder	$63,502	$212
Rape/Sexual Assault	$17,131	$57
Robbery	$4,722	$16
Assault	$82,834	$277
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$168,189	$563

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Houghton Lake Heights, MI

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Houghton Lake Heights totals $525,718 ($1,758 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $693,907 ($2,321 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Houghton Lake Heights, MI, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the east part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Houghton Lake Heights Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Houghton Lake Heights residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	9.646
Robbery	0.5021
Rape	0.9449
Murder	0.1130
Total Violent Crime	11.21 (F)

Individual Houghton Lake Heights Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Houghton Lake Heights is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Houghton Lake Heights.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Houghton Lake, MI	C	D	C-
Houghton Point, MI	B-	C-	B-
Merritt, MI	A-	C-	A
Meads Landing, MI	A-	C-	A-
Prudenville, MI	B	D+	B+
Prosper, MI	A-	C-	A-
Falmouth, MI	B+	C	B
Higgins Lake, MI	B+	D	B+
Moorestown, MI	A	C	A
Roscommon, MI	C	D+	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Houghton Lake Heights is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Jeffress, VA	B-	B+	B+
Sisquoc, CA	D+	D	D
Sinai, KY	B+	A-	A-
Sickles, MI	A-	C	C
Shumansville, VA	B-	C	C
Shulls Mill, NC	D	C+	C+
Shrewsbury, VT	A-	B+	B+
Shermans Corner, ME	B+	A+	A+
Sheridan, MO	D	C	C
Sheridan, KY	C	A	A

Considering only the violent crime rate, Houghton Lake Heights is less safe than the Michigan state average and less safe than the national average.

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