Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Red Oak, TX Crime Grade
How Red Oak 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 Red Oak, TX was 148.6 per 100,000 residents (31 incidents over a population of 20,863). That puts Red Oak 54% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 57% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Red Oak #1,615 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 57% of them, and #89 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Red Oak, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Texas Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 148.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,615 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #89 of 250
- Safer than
- 57% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 20,863
- Reporting agency
- Red Oak Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Red Oak Police Department (FBI ORI TX0700800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Red Oak, TX
Also known as
- Redoak
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. Red Oak (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Red Oak 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 | 207.1(30) | 237.9(39) | 172.5(33) | 187.2(38) | 148.6(31) |
| Murder | 6.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 34.5(5) | 54.9(9) | 52.3(10) | 4.9(1) | 33.6(7) |
| Robbery | 55.2(8) | 30.5(5) | 20.9(4) | 29.6(6) | 4.8(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 110.5(16) | 152.5(25) | 94.1(18) | 152.7(31) | 110.2(23) |
| Property crime | 1298.1(188) | 1250.3(205) | 1432.0(274) | 1605.9(326) | 1299.0(271) |
| Burglary | 200.2(29) | 134.2(22) | 130.7(25) | 182.3(37) | 143.8(30) |
| Larceny | 959.7(139) | 835.6(137) | 1050.5(201) | 1073.9(218) | 958.6(200) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 138.1(20) | 280.6(46) | 240.4(46) | 349.8(71) | 196.5(41) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Red Oak, 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 Red Oak 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 Red Oak calculated?
- Red Oak'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 Red Oak 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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