Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Plano, TX Crime Grade
How Plano 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
4/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Plano, TX was 144.4 per 100,000 residents (426 incidents over a population of 295,030). That puts Plano Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 58% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Plano #1,574 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 58% of them, and #86 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 6% year over year and down 8% over the last five years.
Plano, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Texas Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 144.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,574 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #86 of 250
- Safer than
- 58% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 6%
- 5-year change
- down 8%
- Population
- 295,030
- Reporting agency
- Plano Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Plano Police Department (FBI ORI TX0430600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Plano (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Plano 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 | 156.9(462) | 159.0(461) | 162.8(474) | 154.4(450) | 144.4(426) |
| Murder | 1.7(5) | 0.3(1) | 1.0(3) | 1.0(3) | 0.7(2) |
| Rape | 40.4(119) | 33.5(97) | 33.7(98) | 35.0(102) | 27.8(82) |
| Robbery | 28.9(85) | 29.3(85) | 33.0(96) | 26.4(77) | 19.3(57) |
| Aggravated assault | 85.9(253) | 95.9(278) | 95.1(277) | 91.9(268) | 96.6(285) |
| Property crime | 1626.5(4,790) | 1881.7(5,454) | 1669.6(4,861) | 1471.5(4,289) | 1192.8(3,519) |
| Burglary | 191.2(563) | 233.9(678) | 193.0(562) | 160.2(467) | 121.7(359) |
| Larceny | 1270.0(3,740) | 1467.7(4,254) | 1281.9(3,732) | 1166.5(3,400) | 992.8(2,929) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 160.6(473) | 176.0(510) | 190.3(554) | 141.7(413) | 75.2(222) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Plano, 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 Plano 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 Plano calculated?
- Plano'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 Plano 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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