Flint is a city of 131,800 in Genesee County and the main city of the Flint metro area, home to 403,300 · Updated November 2026
Is Flint, MI safe?
Flint has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Flint run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
C
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 438 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Flint as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Flint scores 438.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Flint, MI at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Flint, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Flint
Aggravated assaults run high for a C-graded city. Flint has 9.9 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a C-graded US city, the figure is 4.1.
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Flint, 64% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Murder runs high. Flint has about 23 murders a year, a rate about triple the national one.
The safest and least safe parts of Flint
Safety changes a lot from one part of Flint to the next: 37% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 38% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across Flint run from A+ to F; 7% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 37%C 25%D or F 38%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Flint, the southwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Flint
CrimeGrade™ estimates Flint has about 56 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 51% more than the US as a whole and 62% more than Michigan.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Flint, about 50% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Flint
Flint has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Flint, 75% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (75%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Homes (30%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (70%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Flint compares with nearby cities
Flint has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Rankin and Russellville have the least crime nearby.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Flint
Two things set Flint apart: it has 15.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 4.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and they run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 63% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 70% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Flint: D+ (21 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 63% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Flint on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Flint
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Flint about $2,367 a year per household, about double the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $131 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $584 million a year, or $4,428 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$43 million
$327
Rape
$4.7 million
$35
Robbery
$3.0 million
$23
Assault
$54 million
$412
Burglary
$3.6 million
$27
Theft
$9.1 million
$69
Vehicle theft
$6.6 million
$50
Arson
$710,000
$5
Vandalism
$6.3 million
$48
Total
$131 million
$997
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Flint means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Flint, MI average a SchoolGrade of D-: 26% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Flint on SchoolGrade
