Charlotte, MI carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 20% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Charlotte, MI shows violent crime at 422.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,875.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 20% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
422.7/100K violent
1875.1/100K property
+20% vs U.S.
The verdict
Charlotte earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 20% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
+20%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
19th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,875.1
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Charlotte, MI
Comparable rate records
Charlotte's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Charlotte's 422.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Center Line (421.8), Yale (423.7), Menominee (418.6), Mount Pleasant (427.7). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Charlotte reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Michigan cities
At 422.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Charlotte ranks 72 of 366 — above 294 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +126.1% against the cohort median of 187.0. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 330.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 422.7 in 2024 (+28.1%). The highest observed value was 431.0 in 2021 and the lowest 270.5 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Charlotte's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+56.3%
270.5 → 422.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
+8.3%
1731 → 1875.1/100K
Property offenses lead Charlotte's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MI
Property Crime
173
1875.1
1395.3
Larceny-Theft
149
1615
-
Burglary
13
140.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
11
119.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
39
422.7
431.4
Aggravated Assault
29
314.3
-
Rape
8
86.7
-
Robbery
2
21.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Charlotte Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Charlotte property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,875.1/100K↑8.3%vs 2023
Charlotte violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
422.7/100K↑56.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
9,091
330
1870
200
2021
Comparable
9,049
431
1878.7
209
2022
Comparable
9,175
403.3
2070.8
227
2023
Comparable
9,243
270.5
1731
185
2024
Comparable
9,226
422.7
1875.1
212
How Charlotte sits among MI peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Charlotte Police Department NIBRS-participating
Charlotte's crime figures on this page originate from Charlotte Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Michigan
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Michigan cities closest to Charlotte in population. Their populations run from 8,930 to 9,449, against 9,226 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These Michigan cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Charlotte's 422.7/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Charlotte has a violent crime rate of 422.7 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1875.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Charlotte, MI safe? ▼
Charlotte receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 42/100. The violent crime rate is 20% above the national average and 2% below the Michigan average.
What is the population of Charlotte, MI? ▼
The reporting population for Charlotte is 9,226 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Charlotte? ▼
In 2024, Charlotte reported 39 violent crimes and 173 property crimes, for a total of 212 reported offenses.
How do Charlotte's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Charlotte recorded about one reported offense per 44 residents and one reported violent offense per 237 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Charlotte? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Charlotte's violent crime rate increased by 56.3%, and the property crime rate increased by 8.3%.
What is the most common crime in Charlotte? ▼
The most common crime type in Charlotte is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.3% of all reported crimes (149 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Charlotte is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Charlotte, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.