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Safety in St. Ignace · Not graded

Crime reported in St. Ignace, MI

St. Ignace’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
1
reported to the FBI, 2024
Property crimes
12
reported to the FBI, 2024
Nearest graded town
21 mi
Cheboygan (C)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported

And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (5.2)Violent crime (0.4)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

St. Ignace0.4
Rest of MI5.4
U.S. (FBI)3.6

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

St. Ignace5.2
Rest of MI17.4
U.S. (FBI)17.7

Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years St. Ignace’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Michigan. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

Show as a table
YearSt. IgnaceRest of MichiganSt. IgnaceRest of Michigan
202211.718.71.75.7
2023not reported19.4not reported5.7
20245.217.40.45.4
2025not reported15.6not reported5.1

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

13 crimes reported in 2024

1 violent and 12 property, as reported to the FBI by St. Ignace’s police.

2024 offenses reported

Larceny / theft11
Burglary0
Vehicle theft1
Aggravated assault1
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson1
1
violent crimes
12
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade

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

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
CheboyganC21 mi3.113.7
Kinross TownshipA+29 mi0.11.2
Tuscarora TownshipB32 mi1.310.7
Harbor SpringsA−34 mi1.12.9
PetoskeyB+38 mi1.45.1
Sault Ste. MarieC+44 mi3.99.9

Straight-line distance from the center of St. Ignace. Nearby towns can differ a lot from St. Ignace.

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on St. Ignace’s roads in 2019–2023

St. Ignace had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which two people 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 St. Ignace’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so St. Ignace’s own rate (16.2) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
16.2
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

St. Ignace and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

Moran Township: not gradedSt. Ignace Township: not gradedMoran TownshipSt. Ignace TownshipSt. Ignace
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Moran Township———
St. Ignace Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Moran Township and St. Ignace Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.

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.
  • One number for all of St. Ignace. 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 St. Ignace’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,290 in 2024); our figure for St. Ignace is 2,351 (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 St. Ignace

Is St. Ignace, MI safe?

There is no Safety Grade for St. Ignace. St. Ignace’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Michigan towns with a grade are Cheboygan (C, 21 mi), Kinross Township (A+, 29 mi), Tuscarora Township (B, 32 mi).

Who polices St. Ignace?

St. Ignace’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “St. Ignace”. 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, 2024, 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.