Flat Rock, MI carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 11% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Flat Rock, MI shows violent crime at 313.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 969.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 11% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
313.2/100K violent
969.1/100K property
-11% vs U.S.
The verdict
Flat Rock earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 11% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-11%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
28th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
969.1
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Flat Rock, MI
Comparable rate records
Flat Rock's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Michigan cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Flat Rock's 313.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Utica (314.3), Coleman (314.5), Belleville (309.8), Clinton Township (320.0). 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
Flat Rock sits mid-pack among comparable Michigan cities
At 313.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Flat Rock ranks 109 of 366 — above 257 of the 365 other Michigan cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +67.5% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 24.4% of the 131 Part I offenses reported in Flat Rock for 2024, against a median of 16.7% across comparable Michigan cities — a gap of 7.7 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 269.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 313.2 in 2024 (+16.2%). The highest observed value was 395.4 in 2022 and the lowest 260.1 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Flat Rock'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+20.4%
260.1 → 313.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-10.2%
1079.1 → 969.1/100K
Property offenses lead Flat Rock's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
99
969.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
77
753.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
19
186
-
Burglary
3
29.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
32
313.2
352
Aggravated Assault
29
283.9
-
Rape
2
19.6
-
Robbery
1
9.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Flat Rock Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Flat Rock property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
969.1/100K↓10.2%vs 2023
Flat Rock violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
313.2/100K↑20.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
10,019
269.5
1087.9
136
2021
Comparable
9,968
270.9
1103.5
137
2022
Comparable
10,369
395.4
1340.5
180
2023
Comparable
10,379
260.1
1079.1
139
2024
Comparable
10,216
313.2
969.1
131
How Flat Rock sits among MI peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Flat Rock Police Department NIBRS-participating
Flat Rock's crime figures on this page originate from Flat Rock 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 Flat Rock in population. Their populations run from 9,840 to 10,502, against 10,216 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These Michigan cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Flat Rock's 313.2/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Flat Rock has a violent crime rate of 313.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 969.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Flat Rock, MI safe? ▼
Flat Rock receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 60/100. The violent crime rate is 11% below the national average and 27% below the Michigan average.
What is the population of Flat Rock, MI? ▼
The reporting population for Flat Rock is 10,216 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Flat Rock? ▼
In 2024, Flat Rock reported 32 violent crimes and 99 property crimes, for a total of 131 reported offenses.
How do Flat Rock's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Flat Rock recorded about one reported offense per 78 residents and one reported violent offense per 319 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Flat Rock? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Flat Rock's violent crime rate increased by 20.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 10.2%.
What is the most common crime in Flat Rock? ▼
The most common crime type in Flat Rock is larceny-theft, accounting for 58.8% of all reported crimes (77 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Flat Rock figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Flat Rock, MI rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.