Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
McKinney, TX Crime Grade
How McKinney 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
3/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in McKinney, TX was 116.2 per 100,000 residents (274 incidents over a population of 235,731). That puts McKinney Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 66% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks McKinney #1,301 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 66% of them, and #62 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and down 9% over the last five years.
McKinney, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Texas Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 116.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,301 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #62 of 250
- Safer than
- 66% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- down 9%
- Population
- 235,731
- Reporting agency
- McKinney Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by McKinney Police Department (FBI ORI TX0430500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About McKinney, TX
History
Founded in 1845. Incorporated as a town in 1859 and as a city in 1913. Became the county seat of Collin County in 1848.
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. McKinney (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
McKinney 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 | 128.1(279) | 115.2(240) | 106.7(227) | 121.8(267) | 116.2(274) |
| Murder | 1.8(4) | 1.4(3) | 2.8(6) | 2.7(6) | 4.2(10) |
| Rape | 25.7(56) | 25.0(52) | 19.3(41) | 28.7(63) | 19.5(46) |
| Robbery | 9.6(21) | 11.5(24) | 11.3(24) | 12.8(28) | 12.3(29) |
| Aggravated assault | 90.9(198) | 77.2(161) | 73.3(156) | 77.6(170) | 80.2(189) |
| Property crime | 898.4(1,957) | 1046.0(2,180) | 916.7(1,950) | 827.4(1,813) | 675.3(1,592) |
| Burglary | 93.2(203) | 100.3(209) | 80.4(171) | 85.8(188) | 79.8(188) |
| Larceny | 708.8(1,544) | 850.7(1,773) | 725.4(1,543) | 663.1(1,453) | 543.4(1,281) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 93.6(204) | 91.2(190) | 106.7(227) | 74.8(164) | 49.2(116) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the McKinney, 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 McKinney 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 McKinney calculated?
- McKinney'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 McKinney 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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