Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0What is recorded in Hubbard Lake, and why there is no grade
Hubbard Lake has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Alcona County. The Alcona County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Hubbard Lake alone, and no Safety Grade. Within a 25-mile drive lie 2 towns that have a grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Alpena (C), 18 miles away.
What stands out about safety in Hubbard Lake
Policed by the county
Hubbard Lake is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Alcona County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Alcona County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Hubbard Lake. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Michigan towns with their own police figures are Alpena (C, 18 mi), Oscoda Township (B, 25 mi), Tawas City (C+, 38 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Hubbard Lake. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Alcona County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Alcona County without police of their own, which include Hubbard Lake.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Alcona County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Alcona County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpena | C | 18 mi | 4.8 | 9.7 |
| Oscoda Township | B | 25 mi | 3.0 | 4.2 |
| Tawas City | C+ | 38 mi | 3.1 | 10.4 |
| Rogers City | A | 43 mi | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| West Branch | B+ | 51 mi | 0.7 | 8.5 |
| Richfield Township | A | 55 mi | 1.2 | 2.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Hubbard Lake. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Hubbard Lake.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Hubbard Lake’s roads in 2019–2023
Hubbard Lake had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (12.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Hubbard Lake’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hubbard Lake’s own rate (21.2) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Hubbard Lake and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Hubbard Lake
Is Hubbard Lake, MI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Hubbard Lake. The nearest Michigan towns with a grade are Alpena (C, 18 mi), Oscoda Township (B, 25 mi), Tawas City (C+, 38 mi).
Who polices Hubbard Lake?
The Alcona County Sheriff’s Office. Hubbard Lake is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Alcona County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Hubbard Lake.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.