2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Bay City, MI vs Battle Creek, MI

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- Battle Creek has 25% more violent crime than Bay City.
- Battle Creek has 20% more property crime than Bay City.
 Bay City, MIBattle Creek, MIUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock4422.7
 Property Crime42.5  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 13 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Bay City, MichiganCrime Index
 Auburn, MI11.95
 Pinconning, MI14.4
 Essexville, MI18.95
 Bay City, MI37.75

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