Robert Aitkan Farm House · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Flint Township reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Flint Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #259 of 266 graded towns in Michigan.
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 Flint Township
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Michigan towns on Flint Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Clayton Township (A), Burton (D), Flint (D), Mount Morris Township (D). Swartz Creek and Mundy Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Flint Township has 18,997 jobs based in town for 30,844 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Flint Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Flint Township’s police reported 864 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 9.3 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 | Flint Township | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.5 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 40 property crimes reported
And about 8 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 falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
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| Year | Flint Township property | Rest of Michigan property | Flint Township violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 33.2 | 18.6 | 10.4 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 41.5 | 19.3 | 10.5 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 41.7 | 17.3 | 9.3 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 39.7 | 15.5 | 8.2 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
1,479 crimes reported in 2025
253 violent and 1,226 property, as reported to the FBI by Flint Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
24 people died in crashes on Flint Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Flint Township had 23 fatal crashes in five years, in which 24 people died; 7 were pedestrians. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 15.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.3, 77 towns).
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.
Flint Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Township | D− | 9.3 | 41.0 |
| Flint | D | 12.2 | 13.4 |
| Swartz Creek | — | — | — |
| Mount Morris Township | D | 10.9 | 17.3 |
| Clayton Township | A | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Mundy Township | — | — | — |
| Burton | D | 7.6 | 24.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Swartz Creek and Mundy Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Township | D− | 9.3 | 41.0 |
| White Lake Township | A | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Northville Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.8 |
| Van Buren Township | C | 3.3 | 18.6 |
| Bay City | C− | 5.6 | 17.9 |
| Jackson | D− | 9.9 | 35.0 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Flint Township’s population (30,844), 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 Flint Township. 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 Flint Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (30,854 in 2025); our figure for Flint Township is 30,844 (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 Flint Township
Is Flint Township, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Flint Township reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #259 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 9.3 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 Flint Township?
9.3 violent and 41.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Flint Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Flint Township in 2025?
Flint Township’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Flint Township safer than Flint?
Flint reports less crime per resident than Flint Township: Flint grades D for safety and Flint Township D−. Flint’s police reported 12.2 violent and 13.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Flint Township?
Flint Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Flint Township”. 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.