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Safety in L'Anse Township · Not graded

What is recorded in L'Anse Township, and why there is no grade

The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and L'Anse Township has none for 2023–2025. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Houghton (B+), 30 miles away.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
HoughtonB+30 mi0.67.9
HancockB+32 mi1.54.4
IshpemingB34 mi2.36.7
LauriumA36 mi0.92.5
MarquetteB+45 mi1.75.5
Iron RiverB46 mi2.35.6

Straight-line distance from the center of L'Anse Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from L'Anse Township.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

Five people died in crashes on L'Anse Township’s roads in 2019–2023

L'Anse Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian.

That is more than 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 L'Anse Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so L'Anse Township’s own rate (27.7) is context, not a ranking.

5
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
27.7
per 100,000 a year · Michigan towns of 2,500–5,000: 12.4

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.

Next door

L'Anse Township and its neighbors

Baraga Township: not gradedArvon Township: not gradedMichigamme Township: not gradedSpurr Township: not gradedCovington Township: not gradedBaraga TownshipArvon TownshipMichigamme TownshipSpurr TownshipCovington TownshipL'Anse Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Baraga Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Baraga Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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 L'Anse Township

Is L'Anse Township, MI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for L'Anse Township. L'Anse Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Michigan towns with a grade are Houghton (B+, 30 mi), Hancock (B+, 32 mi), Ishpeming (B, 34 mi).

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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.