Prescott is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (66%) and also has a lower crime rate than 63% of the communities in Michigan, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Prescott is one in 57 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 43.

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.