Safety in Lost Lake Woods: figures, but no grade
Widen the search to 25 miles and 2 graded towns turn up. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Alpena, 19 miles away, graded C. Lost Lake Woods 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 Lost Lake Woods alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Lost Lake Woods
Policed by the county
Lost Lake Woods 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 Lost Lake Woods. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Michigan towns with their own police figures are Alpena (C, 19 mi), Oscoda Township (B, 24 mi), Tawas City (C+, 37 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lost Lake Woods. 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 Lost Lake Woods.
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 | 19 mi | 4.8 | 9.7 |
| Oscoda Township | B | 24 mi | 3.0 | 4.2 |
| Tawas City | C+ | 37 mi | 3.1 | 10.4 |
| Rogers City | A | 47 mi | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| West Branch | B+ | 54 mi | 0.7 | 8.5 |
| Richfield Township | A | 60 mi | 1.2 | 2.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lost Lake Woods. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lost Lake Woods.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Lost Lake Woods’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Lost Lake Woods’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lost Lake Woods’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Lost Lake Woods and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Township | — | — | — |
| Hawes Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Caledonia Township and Hawes Township have no FBI figures of their own for 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 Lost Lake Woods
Is Lost Lake Woods, MI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lost Lake Woods. The nearest Michigan towns with a grade are Alpena (C, 19 mi), Oscoda Township (B, 24 mi), Tawas City (C+, 37 mi).
Who polices Lost Lake Woods?
The Alcona County Sheriff’s Office. Lost Lake Woods 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 Lost Lake Woods.
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.