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Safety in Port Sheldon Township · Not graded

Crime in Port Sheldon Township: the figures, without a grade

Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 9. Port Sheldon Township reports no crime figures of its own to the FBI for 2023–2025, so there is no Safety Grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Holland, 10 miles away, graded C+.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
HollandC+10 mi3.312.4
ZeelandB+10 mi1.25.3
Grand HavenB−11 mi2.09.9
Norton ShoresC19 mi2.318.7
Roosevelt ParkD21 mi2.152.1
GrandvilleD22 mi2.731.8

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

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Port Sheldon Township’s roads in 2019–2023

That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Port Sheldon Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Port Sheldon Township’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000: 6.8

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

Port Sheldon Township and its neighbors

Grand Haven Township: not gradedOlive Township: not gradedPark Township: not gradedGrand Haven TownshipOlive TownshipPark TownshipPort Sheldon Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Grand Haven Township———
Olive Township———
Park Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Grand Haven Township, Olive Township and Park 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 Port Sheldon Township

Is Port Sheldon Township, MI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Port Sheldon Township. Port Sheldon 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 Holland (C+, 10 mi), Zeeland (B+, 10 mi), Grand Haven (B−, 11 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.