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Safety in North Shade Township · Not graded

North Shade Township has no Safety Grade

Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, North Shade Township has nothing to grade it on. A 25-mile circle around it holds 9 towns with a grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is St. Johns (B+), 16 miles away.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
St. JohnsB+16 mi1.45.4
AlmaC17 mi3.811.2
StantonA−18 mi1.05.0
St. LouisB+19 mi1.65.8
IoniaB20 mi2.54.7
PortlandB21 mi1.48.4

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

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

On the roads

One person died in crashes on North Shade Township’s roads in 2019–2023

North Shade Township 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 North Shade Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Shade Township’s own rate (30.6) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
30.6
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

North Shade Township and its neighbors

New Haven Township: not gradedFulton Township: not gradedLebanon Township: not gradedBloomer Township: not gradedNew Haven TownshipFulton TownshipLebanon TownshipBloomer TownshipNorth Shade Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
New Haven Township———
Fulton Township———
Bloomer Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. New Haven Township, Fulton Township and Bloomer 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.

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 North Shade Township

Is North Shade Township, MI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for North Shade Township. North Shade 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 St. Johns (B+, 16 mi), Alma (C, 17 mi), Stanton (A−, 18 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.