Flat Rock sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Flat Rock grades B− for safety (#150 of 266 graded towns in Michigan): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MI” is every other Michigan city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Flat Rock
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Michigan towns on Flat Rock’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Rockwood (A−), Brownstown Township (B), Huron Township (B−). Berlin Township and South Rockwood have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Woodhaven reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Flat Rock’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Flat Rock’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Flat Rock’s police reported 85 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Flat Rock | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 9 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
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| Year | Flat Rock property | Rest of Michigan property | Flat Rock violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.1 | 18.7 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 10.8 | 19.4 | 2.6 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 9.7 | 17.4 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 9.0 | 15.6 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
118 crimes reported in 2025
26 violent and 92 property, as reported to the FBI by Flat Rock’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Flat Rock’s roads in 2019–2023
Flat Rock had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Flat Rock’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Flat Rock’s own rate (5.8) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Flat Rock and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock | B− | 2.8 | 9.8 |
| Berlin Township | — | — | — |
| Rockwood | A− | 1.2 | 4.5 |
| South Rockwood | — | — | — |
| Brownstown Township | B | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| Huron Township | B− | 2.9 | 5.3 |
| Woodhaven | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Berlin Township and South Rockwood have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Woodhaven reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock | B− | 2.8 | 9.8 |
| Beverly Hills | A− | 0.6 | 5.8 |
| Howell | B+ | 1.7 | 6.2 |
| Alpena | C | 4.8 | 9.7 |
| Bridgeport Township | C− | 5.5 | 11.0 |
| Cadillac | C− | 4.1 | 20.5 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Flat Rock’s population (10,218), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Flat Rock. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Flat Rock’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,188 in 2025); our figure for Flat Rock is 10,218 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Flat Rock
Is Flat Rock, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Flat Rock reports more crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #150 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 2.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Flat Rock?
2.8 violent and 9.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Flat Rock?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Flat Rock safer than Rockwood?
Rockwood reports less crime per resident than Flat Rock: Rockwood grades A− for safety and Flat Rock B−. Rockwood’s police reported 1.2 violent and 4.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Flat Rock?
Flat Rock’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Flat Rock”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.