CrimeMetric

Crime in Montague, Michigan

Major crime in Montague is 55% below the U.S. rate per resident: 47% lower for persons crimes and 57% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.5% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
45
55% below the U.S. rate
52% below the Michigan rate
down 8.5% in a year
Persons crimes
54
47% below the U.S. rate
60% below the Michigan rate
down 3.2% in a year
Property crimes
43
57% below the U.S. rate
49% below the Michigan rate
down 9.8% in a year
Social disorder
71
29% below the U.S. rate
28% below the Michigan rate
down 4.6% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 35% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Montague for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Montague

Montague is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 44; the middle half of residents live where it is between 41 and 44.

Map of Montague, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5080.3%
  • 50–10019.7%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm53
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am40
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm41
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am33
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.5% in a year; across Michigan it fell 6.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.5%MI -6.1%-12.5%MI -11.8%
Persons crimes-3.2%MI -1.8%+0.3%MI -1.3%
Property crimes-9.8%MI -7.5%-16.0%MI -15.5%
Social disorder-4.6%MI -2.9%-4.8%MI -5.4%

Change in expected crimes, with Michigan as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Montague against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,141 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Montague; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Mullins, SC3,663339
Knox, IN3,66573
Montague, MI3,66845
Aledo, IL3,67141
Osage, IA3,66130

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Montague has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Whitehall (3 mi), is 12% below Montague's rate.

Muskegon15 mi144
Fremont22 mi91
Wolf Lake18 mi50
Montague45
Whitehall3 mi40

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Montague

What are the most common crimes in Montague?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 13 a year), aggravated assault (about 4 a year) and shoplifting (about 4 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 35% above the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Montague's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Montague has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 3,668. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Montague, Michigan." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/mi/montague

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100