Balch Springs, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Balch Springs, TX Summary

Crime in Balch Springs research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Balch Springs over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Balch Springs:

  • There were 939 total crimes committed in Balch Springs the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,481.3 total crimes per 100K people in Balch Springs.
  • The overall crime rate in Balch Springs is 49.78% above the national average.
  • Balch Springs ranks #612 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Balch Springs ranks #8,605 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Balch Springs Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Balch Springs is 3,481.3 per 100,000 people. That's 49.78% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 29.34% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Balch Springs
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 939 3,481.3 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 3 11.1 6.6 6.3
Robbery 26 96.4 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 86 318.8 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 129 478.3 446.5 369.8
Burglary 92 341.1 370.7 269.8
Larceny 472 1,749.9 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 246 912.0 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 810 3,003.0 2,245.0 1,954.4

Balch Springs Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Balch Springs

129
Violent Crimes
478.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
29.33%
Above The National Average
  • There were 129 violent crimes in Balch Springs in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Balch Springs is 478.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 209.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Balch Springs each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 29.33% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 7.12% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Balch Springs

810
Property Crimes
3,003.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
53.65%
Above The National Average
  • There were 810 property crimes in Balch Springs in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Balch Springs is 3,003.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 33.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Balch Springs each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 53.65% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 33.76% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Balch Springs

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Dallas, TX 1,286,121 59,046 4,591.0 3,812.8 778.2
Garland, TX 241,095 6,771 2,808.4 2,562.5 246.0
Mesquite, TX 147,226 6,059 4,115.4 3,648.8 466.6
Richardson, TX 115,771 2,813 2,429.8 2,271.7 158.1
Rowlett, TX 65,196 1,122 1,721.0 1,484.8 236.2
DeSoto, TX 55,956 1,298 2,319.7 2,019.4 300.2
Rockwall, TX 51,724 847 1,637.5 1,535.1 102.5
Duncanville, TX 39,474 1,129 2,860.1 2,540.9 319.2
Sachse, TX 31,317 229 731.2 696.1 35.1
Forney, TX 31,105 423 1,359.9 1,160.6 199.3

Balch Springs SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
7
Diversity
9.5
Safety
4
Amenities
9
Education
3
Commute
3
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