Photo: OmidGul · CC BY-SA 4.0The nearest town with a Safety Grade to Lake Angelus is Pontiac, 4 miles away
There are 16 graded towns within 10 miles. Lake Angelus reports no crime figures of its own to the FBI for 2023–2025, so there is no Safety Grade.
2 crimes reported in 2022
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.
Every offense type reported in 2022
2022 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
0 violent and 2 property, as reported to the FBI by Lake Angelus’ police.
The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontiac | D | 4 mi | 9.6 | 16.4 |
| Waterford Township | B− | 4 mi | 2.6 | 7.5 |
| Auburn Hills | C− | 4 mi | 3.2 | 20.2 |
| Independence Township | A− | 5 mi | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| Sylvan Lake | A− | 5 mi | 0.2 | 7.8 |
| Orion Township | A | 6 mi | 0.5 | 4.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lake Angelus. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lake Angelus.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Lake Angelus’s roads in 2019–2023
Lake Angelus 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 Lake Angelus’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lake Angelus’s own rate (84.0) 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.
Lake Angelus and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford Township | B− | 2.6 | 7.5 |
| Auburn Hills | C− | 3.2 | 20.2 |
| Pontiac | D | 9.6 | 16.4 |
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.
- One number for all of Lake Angelus. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Lake Angelus’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (290 in 2022); our figure for Lake Angelus is 289 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Lake Angelus
Is Lake Angelus, MI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lake Angelus. Lake Angelus 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 Pontiac (D, 4 mi), Waterford Township (B−, 4 mi), Auburn Hills (C−, 4 mi).
Who polices Lake Angelus?
Lake Angelus’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lake Angelus”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, 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.