Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Rockwall, TX Crime Grade
How Rockwall 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 Rockwall, TX was 110.7 per 100,000 residents (61 incidents over a population of 55,108). That puts Rockwall Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 68% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Rockwall #1,239 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 67% of them, and #59 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 27% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Rockwall, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Texas Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 110.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,239 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #59 of 250
- Safer than
- 67% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 27%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 55,108
- Reporting agency
- Rockwall Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Rockwall Police Department (FBI ORI TX1990100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Rockwall, TX
History
Founded in 1854. Became the county seat of Rockwall County in 1873. Incorporated in 1874.
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. Rockwall (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rockwall 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 | 107.3(52) | 104.4(54) | 116.0(62) | 151.6(83) | 110.7(61) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 1.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 37.1(18) | 17.4(9) | 16.8(9) | 21.9(12) | 16.3(9) |
| Robbery | 6.2(3) | 19.3(10) | 24.3(13) | 14.6(8) | 12.7(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 63.9(31) | 67.7(35) | 74.9(40) | 113.2(62) | 81.7(45) |
| Property crime | 1359.2(659) | 1558.3(806) | 1407.4(752) | 1385.9(759) | 1003.5(553) |
| Burglary | 92.8(45) | 85.1(44) | 71.1(38) | 116.9(64) | 56.3(31) |
| Larceny | 1167.4(566) | 1347.5(697) | 1188.4(635) | 1183.2(648) | 894.6(493) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 99.0(48) | 125.7(65) | 147.8(79) | 85.8(47) | 52.6(29) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Rockwall, 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 Rockwall 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 Rockwall calculated?
- Rockwall'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 Rockwall 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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