Crime in Scio, Michigan
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Scio at 33% below the U.S. rate per resident: 9% lower for persons crimes and 39% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 2.8% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Scio. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 11.5 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.9 violent, 8.6 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Scio is higher than 49% of the 343 other Michigan places and lower than 44% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Scio's 15 census block groups for 19,053 residents. How Michigan residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 97.5%, summary counts only for 0.6% and estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 1.9% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Scio.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Scio
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 26 and 97.
- 0–5067.9%
- 50–10019.7%
- 100–20011.1%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+1.4%
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Every crime type in Scio is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weeknights
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime rose 2.8% in a year; across Michigan it fell 6.1%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Michigan in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Scio against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,061 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Scio's, and 372 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Scio's major-crime index is higher than 4, lower than 3 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Dexter (4 mi), is about Scio's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Scio
Is Scio safe?
Scio's major-crime index is 67, 33% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 49% of the 343 other Michigan places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 9% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 39% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Scio?
The model expects about 219 major crimes a year in Scio, about 11.5 per 1,000 residents, 33% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Scio?
Expected major crimes in Scio are up 2.8% from a year earlier; across Michigan they're down 6.1%.
What are the most common crimes in Scio?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 47 a year), aggravated assault (about 46 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 42 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Scio?
The model expects about 42 thefts from vehicles a year in Scio, 17% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Scio?
The model expects about 22 motor vehicle thefts a year in Scio, 27% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Scio safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 73 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 64 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Scio higher than the Michigan average?
Scio's major-crime index is 67, 28% below the Michigan rate per resident. Michigan as a whole is 93, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Scio compare with Dexter?
Dexter, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 64, about Scio's rate per resident. Scio's is 67.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Scio's figures add up its 15 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Scio has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 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: 19,053. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Scio, Michigan." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/mi/scio
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