North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex · Photo: Nmg27510 · Public domainWho polices Flat Rock, and what they report
Flat Rock has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Surry County. The Surry County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Flat Rock alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Flat Rock
Policed by the county
Flat Rock is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Surry County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Surry County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Flat Rock. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest North Carolina towns with their own police figures are Mount Airy (C−, 2 mi), King (B−, 20 mi), Elkin (D, 22 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Flat Rock. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Surry County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Surry County without police of their own, which include Flat Rock.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Surry County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
The nearest North Carolina towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Airy | C− | 2 mi | 2.5 | 25.0 |
| King | B− | 20 mi | 0.7 | 16.3 |
| Elkin | D | 22 mi | 4.5 | 42.5 |
| Jonesville | D | 23 mi | 2.4 | 44.5 |
| Yadkinville | C | 26 mi | 2.5 | 18.1 |
| Winston-Salem | D | 33 mi | 8.1 | 29.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Flat Rock. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Flat Rock.
No one died in a crash on Flat Rock’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for North Carolina towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Flat Rock’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Flat Rock’s own rate (0.0) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Airy | C− | 2.5 | 25.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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, NC safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Flat Rock. Flat Rock has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Surry County. The Surry County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Flat Rock alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest North Carolina towns with a grade are Mount Airy (C−, 2 mi), King (B−, 20 mi), Elkin (D, 22 mi).
Who polices Flat Rock?
The Surry County Sheriff’s Office. Flat Rock is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Surry County without police of their own.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.