Flatonia, TX carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 3% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Flatonia, TX shows violent crime at 360.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 649.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 3% 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
360.8/100K violent
649.4/100K property
+3% vs U.S.
The verdict
Flatonia earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 3% above the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
+3%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
24th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
649.4
property crimes per 100K
Based on 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,386. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Flatonia, TX
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 69.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 360.8 in 2024 (+418.0%). The highest observed value was 370.9 in 2022 and the lowest 0.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Flatonia reported 5 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,386. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 35.7% of the 14 Part I offenses reported in Flatonia for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 21.4 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.
Comparable rate records
Flatonia's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Flatonia's 360.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hallettsville (361.5), Brownwood (362.0), San Marcos (358.9), Victoria (362.7). 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
Flatonia reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Texas cities
At 360.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Flatonia ranks 150 of 686 — above 536 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +101.6% against the cohort median of 178.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 44.4% of reported property offenses in Flatonia, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (4) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Flatonia'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.
Based on 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,386. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-26.1%
879.1 → 649.4/100K
Property offenses lead Flatonia's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
9
649.4
2058.2
Burglary
4
288.6
-
Larceny-Theft
4
288.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
72.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
5
360.8
394.7
Aggravated Assault
3
216.5
-
Robbery
2
144.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Flatonia Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Flatonia property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
649.4/100K↓26.1%vs 2023
Flatonia violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
360.8/100K
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,436
69.6
1183.8
18
2021
Comparable
1,460
68.5
616.4
10
2022
Comparable
1,348
370.9
667.7
14
2023
Comparable
1,365
0
879.1
12
2024
Comparable
1,386
360.8
649.4
14
How Flatonia sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Flatonia Police Department NIBRS-participating
Flatonia's crime figures on this page originate from Flatonia 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 Texas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Texas cities closest to Flatonia in population. Their populations run from 1,365 to 1,407, against 1,386 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Flatonia's 360.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Flatonia has a violent crime rate of 360.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 649.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Flatonia, TX safe? ▼
Flatonia receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 58/100. The violent crime rate is 3% above the national average and 9% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Flatonia, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Flatonia is 1,386 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Flatonia? ▼
In 2024, Flatonia reported 5 violent crimes and 9 property crimes, for a total of 14 reported offenses.
How do Flatonia's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Flatonia recorded about one reported offense per 99 residents and one reported violent offense per 277 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Flatonia? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Flatonia's violent crime rate data is unavailable, and the property crime rate decreased by 26.1%.
What is the most common crime in Flatonia? ▼
The most common crime type in Flatonia is larceny-theft, accounting for 28.6% of all reported crimes (4 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Flatonia's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Flatonia, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.