Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
With a crime rate for both violent and property crime combined of 18 per 1,000 residents, the crime rate in Prescott is one of the lower rates in America among communities of all sizes (lower than 66% of America's communities). One's chance of becoming a victim of crime in Prescott is one in 57. Compared to communities within Michigan, Prescott‘s crime rate is lower than nearly 63% of the state's cities and towns.
However, when you compare Prescott to other communities of similar population, then Prescott crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Prescott does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Prescott does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Prescott.
From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Prescott occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Prescott; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 226. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Prescott's rate for property crime is 13 per one thousand population. This makes Prescott a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Prescott is one in 75.
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Violent | Property | Total | |
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Number of Crimes |
1 |
3 |
4 |
Crime Rate
|
4.42 |
13.27 |
17.70 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
Rate per 1,000 | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
Rate per 1,000 | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |