Philetus S. Church House · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Policing and crime in Sugar Island Township, MI
A 25-mile circle around it holds 2 towns with a grade. Within 10 miles, Sault Ste. Marie is the one town with a Safety Grade. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Sugar Island Township has none for 2023–2025.
The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sault Ste. Marie | C+ | 9 mi | 3.9 | 9.9 |
| Kinross Township | A+ | 24 mi | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| Cheboygan | C | 56 mi | 3.1 | 13.7 |
| Rogers City | A | 73 mi | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| Tuscarora Township | B | 73 mi | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| Harbor Springs | A− | 79 mi | 1.1 | 2.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Sugar Island Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Sugar Island Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Sugar Island Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Sugar Island 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 Sugar Island Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sugar Island Township’s own rate (34.7) 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.
Sugar Island Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soo Township | — | — | — |
| Sault Ste. Marie | C+ | 3.9 | 9.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Soo 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.
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 Sugar Island Township
Is Sugar Island Township, MI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Sugar Island Township. Sugar Island 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 Sault Ste. Marie (C+, 9 mi), Kinross Township (A+, 24 mi), Cheboygan (C, 56 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Sugar Island Township.
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.