Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Garland, TX Crime Grade
How Garland grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Texas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
5/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Garland, TX was 188.6 per 100,000 residents (474 incidents over a population of 251,332). That puts Garland Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 45% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Garland #1,973 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 48% of them, and #114 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 22% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Garland, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Texas Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 188.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,973 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #114 of 250
- Safer than
- 48% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 22%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 251,332
- Reporting agency
- Garland Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Garland Police Department (FBI ORI TX0571100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Garland, TX
Also known as
- Duck Creek
- Embree
History
Garland was first called Duck Creek sometime before 1886. In that year, local businesses moved a short distance to be closer to the RR and changed the name of the town to Embree inhonor of Dr. K H Embree, a noted local physician. The name was changed to Garland about 1890 in honor of H A Garland, US Attorney General during Grover Cleveland's presidency. The town was incorporated in 1891 (TX-T2/v1/p671).
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Garland (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Garland vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 263.6(626) | 257.2(620) | 230.4(553) | 240.4(592) | 188.6(474) |
| Murder | 8.4(20) | 2.1(5) | 5.0(12) | 4.9(12) | 2.4(6) |
| Rape | 32.0(76) | 34.0(82) | 30.4(73) | 34.1(84) | 31.0(78) |
| Robbery | 86.7(206) | 85.0(205) | 62.1(149) | 60.5(149) | 50.9(128) |
| Aggravated assault | 136.4(324) | 136.0(328) | 132.9(319) | 140.9(347) | 104.2(262) |
| Property crime | 2413.4(5,732) | 2599.4(6,267) | 2411.2(5,788) | 2006.9(4,942) | 1660.0(4,172) |
| Burglary | 330.5(785) | 384.9(928) | 319.1(766) | 305.4(752) | 218.8(550) |
| Larceny | 1688.3(4,010) | 1767.4(4,261) | 1541.8(3,701) | 1294.6(3,188) | 1190.5(2,992) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 390.3(927) | 442.6(1,067) | 542.4(1,302) | 402.4(991) | 248.7(625) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Garland, TX Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Garland Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Garland calculated?
- Garland's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Texas state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Texas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Garland Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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