Dallas, TX crime rate
In 2025 the Dallas Police Department reported 576.8 violent crimes and 3,077.6 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Texas and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Dallas compare with Texas and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Dallas only.
What offenses were reported in Dallas, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Texas | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 7,678 | 576.8 | 344.9 | 327.6 | down 12.9% | down 30.4% |
| Murder | 140 | 10.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | down 23.4% | down 32.7% |
| Rape | 373 | 28.0 | 47.6 | 36.1 | down 27.1% | down 39.9% |
| Robbery | 2,020 | 151.7 | 52.0 | 49.4 | down 10.3% | down 16.2% |
| Aggravated assault | 5,145 | 386.5 | 240.7 | 238.0 | down 12.3% | down 34.0% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 40,970 | 3,077.6 | 1,786.0 | 1,534.8 | down 9.8% | down 11.6% |
| Burglary | 5,648 | 424.3 | 246.6 | 193.6 | down 9.4% | down 17.7% |
| Larceny-theft | 24,005 | 1,803.2 | 1,291.2 | 1,144.1 | down 1.6% | down 13.0% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 11,165 | 838.7 | 248.2 | 197.0 | down 23.9% | down 4.2% |
| Arson | 152 | 11.4 | Not estimated | Not estimated | 0.0% | down 35.2% |
Reported = offenses known to the Dallas Police Department and sent to the FBI. Texas and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Dallas's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 140 | 141 |
| Murder | 2024 | 181 | 184 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 2,020 | 2,034 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 2,235 | 2,265 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 5,648 | 5,432 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 6,186 | 6,026 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 11,165 | 11,175 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 14,556 | 14,591 |
City count: DPD Public Safety Dashboards, December 2025 (memo to the Public Safety Committee, 2026-01-12), City of Dallas, checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Dallas | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 828.7 | 387.0 | 453.0 |
| 2022 | 797.4 | 388.7 | 436.2 |
| 2023 | 691.7 | 379.5 | 407.3 |
| 2024 | 662.1 | 362.9 | 394.5 |
| 2025 | 576.8 | 327.6 | 344.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Dallas | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,483.0 | 1,832.3 | 2,171.9 |
| 2022 | 3,827.1 | 1,973.8 | 2,309.2 |
| 2023 | 4,033.9 | 1,934.1 | 2,229.3 |
| 2024 | 3,413.5 | 1,761.1 | 2,055.5 |
| 2025 | 3,077.6 | 1,534.8 | 1,786.0 |
Is Dallas safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Dallas Police Department reported, 576.8 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Texas's 344.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 12.9% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Dallas police had 7,678 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, and 40,970 property crimes. Per 100,000 residents covered by the Dallas Police Department, those are rates of 576.8 and 3,077.6. The violent rate was 1.7 times the FBI's Texas estimate, 344.9, and the property rate 1.7 times the state's 1,786.0.
Nationally the FBI rates were 327.6 and 1,534.8. Violent crime is down 30.4% since 2021, from 828.7, and 12.9% from 2024. Property crime fell 11.6% from 2021 and 9.8% in the last year.
Rape had the largest fall of the violent offenses in both periods, 39.9% since 2021 and 27.1% since 2024, to 28.0 per 100,000. Homicides numbered 140 in 2025, 10.5 per 100,000, after a 23.4% drop from 2024. Motor vehicle theft, at 838.7 per 100,000, was 4.3 times the US rate, though it fell the most of the property offenses from 2024 to 2025, 23.9%.
Aggravated assault made up 67% of violent crime and larceny-theft 59% of property crime. The department reported all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and switched to NIBRS in 2018. The Collin, Dallas and Denton county sheriff's offices and Dallas Area Rapid Transit police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.98 per 1,000 residents (3,268 officers, 698 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Texas cities
The nearest Texas cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Dallas Police Department (ORI TXDPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Texas and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXDPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dallas Police Department (TXDPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_TXDPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)