The crime rate in Spring Lake is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 13 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Spring Lake is 1 in 79. Based on FBI crime data, Spring Lake is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Michigan, Spring Lake has a crime rate that is higher than 67% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Spring Lake to other communities of similar population, then Spring Lake crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 422. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Spring Lake; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 10 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.