County Information: Ionia County reported the largest five year decrease in rape rate for Sixth District (-72.07%) Kent County reported the only five year increase in murder rate in Sixth District (+12.62%) Lake County has the seventh smallest population among the 83 counties in Michigan, but reported the second highest rape rate and the ninth highest aggravated assault rate in 1996 Clare and Mecosta Counties reported the only five year increases for rape rate in Sixth District Clare and Mecosta Counties both reported five year increases in overall violent crime rates (Clare +16.80%, Mecosta +47.77%) Osceola County reported the lowest overall violent crime rate for 1996 in Sixth District, and the 12th lowest in the state

District Information: Sixth District makes up 13.26% of the state population, and reported 8.81% of the violent crime in 1996 Sixth District reported the largest five year decrease in rape rate among the seven districts (-48.25%) Of the seven districts, Sixth District is the second most populated district in Michigan, and reported the fourth highest violent crime rate in 1996 Sixth District's population increased 6.48% between 1992 and 1996, while the reported number of murders was the same (42), resulting in a rate decrease of -6.08% Three counties in Sixth District are among the ten highest reported violent crime rate counties in Michigan for 1996 (Kent, Lake, and Muskegon)

Rates per 100,000 Population
	Clare	Ionia	Isabella	Kent	Lake	Mason	Mecosta	Montcalm	Muskegon	Newaygo	Oceana	Osceola	Ottawa	District Total
County Number	18	34	37	41	43	53	54	59	61	62	64	67	70
Murder Rate 1992	0.00	0.00	1.83	4.39	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.77	5.03	2.62	0.00	9.93	3.20	3.53
Murder Rate 1996	3.56	3.34	1.78	4.95	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.73	4.86	0.00	4.19	4.60	0.48	3.32
Murder Rate Five Year Trend (1992-1996)	n.c.	n.c.	-2.83%	12.62%	n.c	n.c	n.c.	-54.15%	-3.33%	-100.00%	n.c.	-53.70%	-85.13%	-6.08%
Rape Rate 1992	28.05	101.71	67.74	114.26	174.76	101.81	85.77	141.35	69.82	159.66	142.51	79.42	51.13	95.69
Rape Rate 1996	53.42	28.41	33.80	33.69	165.56	69.12	135.19	103.69	61.41	75.71	75.39	32.18	44.68	49.51
Rape Rate Five Year Trend (1992-1996)	90.43%	-72.07%	-50.10%	-70.51%	-5.26%	-32.11%	57.61%	-26.65%	-12.04%	-52.58%	-47.10%	-59.49%	-12.61%	-48.25%
Robbery Rate 1992	0.00	3.51	12.81	178.18	23.30	7.83	16.08	15.08	131.46	18.32	17.81	0.00	17.04	98.46
Robbery Rate 1996	7.12	6.68	5.34	144.47	10.35	18.19	31.81	12.10	97.29	11.47	12.57	0.00	16.16	78.58
Robbery Rate Five Year Trend (1992-1996)	n.c.	90.57%	-58.35%	-18.91%	-55.59%	132.26%	97.79%	-19.77%	-25.99%	-37.39%	-29.46%	n.c.	-5.17%	-20.20%
Aggravated Assault Rate 1992	112.22	184.13	106.18	476.80	407.78	172.30	131.34	258.20	506.97	280.06	187.04	129.06	119.30	340.38
Aggravated Assault Rate 1996	99.72	132.01	135.20	401.63	372.52	152.80	177.60	131.34	338.69	142.24	87.96	82.74	122.63	270.87
Aggravated Assault Rate Five Year Trend (1992-1996)	-11.13%	-28.31%	27.33%	-15.76%	-8.65%	-11.32%	35.22%	-49.13%	-33.19%	-49.21%	-52.97%	-35.89%	2.79%	-20.42%
Violent Crime Rate 1992	140.27	289.35	188.56	773.62	605.85	281.94	233.19	418.40	713.28	460.66	347.36	218.41	190.66	538.06
Violent Crime Rate 1996	163.83	170.44	176.12	584.75	548.43	240.11	344.60	248.85	502.25	229.43	180.10	119.51	183.94	402.27
Violent Crime Rate Five Year Trend (1992-1996)	16.80%	-41.10%	-6.60%	-24.41%	-9.48%	-14.84%	47.77%	-40.52%	-29.59%	-50.20%	-48.15%	-45.28%	-3.52%	-25.24%
Rates are calculated by dividing the number of crimes by the population, then multiplying by 100,000. Certain percentages are not calculable because rate cannot be divided by zero.