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Safety in Mackinaw Township · Not graded

No grade for Mackinaw Township, but its recorded crime is here

The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Cheboygan, 13 miles away, graded C. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Mackinaw Township has none for 2023–2025. Widen the search to 25 miles and 2 graded towns turn up.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
CheboyganC13 mi3.113.7
Tuscarora TownshipB22 mi1.310.7
Harbor SpringsA−26 mi1.12.9
PetoskeyB+29 mi1.45.1
Kinross TownshipA+39 mi0.11.2
Boyne CityA−40 mi0.94.5

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

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

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on Mackinaw Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Mackinaw Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (1 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.

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 Mackinaw Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mackinaw Township’s own rate (100.0) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
100.0
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

Mackinaw Township and its neighbors

Mackinaw City: not gradedHebron Township: not gradedWawatam Township: not gradedBeaugrand Township: not gradedMackinaw CityHebron TownshipWawatam TownshipBeaugrand TownshipMackinaw Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Beaugrand Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Beaugrand 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 Mackinaw Township

Is Mackinaw Township, MI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Mackinaw Township. Mackinaw 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 Cheboygan (C, 13 mi), Tuscarora Township (B, 22 mi), Harbor Springs (A−, 26 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.