Safety

The seven key indicators in this section provide safety statistics and highlight community safety within Midland County.  This is a very important indicator for communities, as it a heavily researched statistics used by real estate agents, job seekers, and persons doing research on a particular community.  Much of the data is important to create a "factual picture" of community identity about being safe.  Interesting trends are:
  • Midland County is a very safe community.  Violent crimes are very rare.
  • Other than Whites, ethnic populations are too small to measure in Midland.  Females commit about 2% of violent crimes.
  • The data can be misleading since it measures arrests, convictions are more difficult to measure since persons can be charged for multiple offenses but only convicted in one.
  • Suicide rates remain difficult to measure since it depends on hospitals, police, and other agencies to determine intent.
  • Education levels of the population in Midland County have a positive impact in reducing violence.
  • Midland County must continue to improved economic and living conditions, which will reduce the likelihood of children being abused in their homes.
  • Reducing unintentional deaths and accidents can not only reduce the loss of life, but also the costs of medical care, rehabilitation, and lost income and productivity.
  • Unintentional injuries are complex involving many different sectors of society. A reduction in injuries requires the combined efforts of many fields, including health care, education, transportation, law, engineering, and safety. 
  • According to the 2011 Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors Midland County Adolescent Developmental Assets Study conducted by the Legacy Center for Community Success, evidence showed that with increased assets, a significant reduction in Social Risk-Taking Behaviors occurred between 2006 and 2011, which corroborated the reduction in juvenile crime and arrests during the same time in Midland, Michigan.
This section contains seven key indicators that highlight community safety and provide safety statistics within Midland County.

Click on each section to access the information.

Child Abuse and Neglect

Domestic Violence

Unintentional Injury Deaths

Youth Crime

Violent Crime

Neighborhood Safety

Suicide Prevention
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