According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Paradise is safer than 68% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In Michigan, only on the order of 33% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Paradise. If you live in Paradise, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 194. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 44.

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

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Paradise 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 Paradise; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 243. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

Furthermore, our research shows that motor vehicle theft, arson, burglary, and larceny are not very common in Paradise compared to most US cities and towns. In fact, the rate of these property crimes in Paradise is just 1 per one thousand people, far below the national average. Based on this rate, Paradise is one of the safer communities in America with regard to incidences of property crime.