Garland, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Garland, TX Summary

Crime in Garland research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Garland 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 Garland:

  • There were 6,771 total crimes committed in Garland the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,808.4 total crimes per 100K people in Garland.
  • The overall crime rate in Garland is 20.83% above the national average.
  • Garland ranks #557 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Garland ranks #7,897 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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Garland Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Garland is 2,808.4 per 100,000 people. That's 20.83% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 4.34% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Garland
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 6,771 2,808.4 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 5 2.1 6.6 6.3
Robbery 198 82.1 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 317 131.5 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 593 246.0 446.5 369.8
Burglary 914 379.1 370.7 269.8
Larceny 4,207 1,745.0 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 1,057 438.4 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 6,178 2,562.5 2,245.0 1,954.4

Garland 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 Garland

593
Violent Crimes
246.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-33.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 593 violent crimes in Garland in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Garland is 246.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 406.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Garland each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -33.49% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -44.91% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Garland

6,178
Property Crimes
2,562.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
31.11%
Above The National Average
  • There were 6,178 property crimes in Garland in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Garland is 2,562.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 39.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Garland each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 31.11% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 14.14% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Garland

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Plano, TX 289,847 5,954 2,054.2 1,896.2 158.0
Mesquite, TX 147,226 6,059 4,115.4 3,648.8 466.6
Carrollton, TX 133,610 2,495 1,867.4 1,660.8 206.6
Richardson, TX 115,771 2,813 2,429.8 2,271.7 158.1
Allen, TX 108,218 1,101 1,017.4 920.4 97.0
Rowlett, TX 65,196 1,122 1,721.0 1,484.8 236.2
Rockwall, TX 51,724 847 1,637.5 1,535.1 102.5
Farmers Branch, TX 36,595 1,546 4,224.6 3,978.7 245.9
Sachse, TX 31,317 229 731.2 696.1 35.1
University Park, TX 24,918 340 1,364.5 1,324.3 40.1

Garland SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
10
Safety
5
Amenities
9.5
Education
5
Commute
5
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