Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sault Ste. Marie, MI Crime Grade
How Sault Ste. Marie grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Michigan — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Michigan
8/10
vs. Michigan cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Sault Ste. Marie, MI was 391.8 per 100,000 residents (52 incidents over a population of 13,272). That puts Sault Ste. Marie 20% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 7% below the Michigan statewide rate of 422.8.
That ranks Sault Ste. Marie #2,993 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #97 of 138 in Michigan. Violent crime is down 3% year over year and up 53% over the last five years.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Michigan Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 391.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,993 of 3,771
- MI rank
- #97 of 138
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 3%
- 5-year change
- up 53%
- Population
- 13,272
- Reporting agency
- Sault Ste. Marie Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sault Ste. Marie Police Department (FBI ORI MI1773400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Sault Ste. Marie (red), Michigan (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sault Ste. Marie vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 256.0(34) | 164.0(22) | 382.7(51) | 405.7(54) | 391.8(52) |
| Murder | 7.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 22.5(3) | 0.0(0) | 7.5(1) |
| Rape | 120.5(16) | 59.6(8) | 150.1(20) | 150.3(20) | 120.6(16) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.5(1) | 15.1(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 128.0(17) | 104.4(14) | 210.1(28) | 247.9(33) | 248.6(33) |
| Property crime | 1023.9(136) | 917.1(123) | 1103.2(147) | 1104.4(147) | 798.7(106) |
| Burglary | 60.2(8) | 59.6(8) | 75.0(10) | 67.6(9) | 82.9(11) |
| Larceny | 941.1(125) | 797.8(107) | 983.1(131) | 991.7(132) | 670.6(89) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 22.6(3) | 59.6(8) | 30.0(4) | 45.1(6) | 45.2(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sault Ste. Marie, MI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Sault Ste. Marie Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Sault Ste. Marie calculated?
- Sault Ste. Marie's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Michigan state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Michigan cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Sault Ste. Marie Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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