More crimes per resident are recorded in Balch Springs than in 89% of U.S. towns
Recorded violent crimes ran at 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 28.9, against 4.3 and 23.5 in the rest of Texas. What’s more, violent crime here is higher than in 84% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 90%. Its Safety Grade is D, on crimes Balch Springs’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #433 of 471 graded towns in Texas. The rate the grade counts dropped 16% from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TX” is every other Texas city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Balch Springs
Balch Springs reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Texas towns on Balch Springs’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Mesquite (D), Dallas (D). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Balch Springs’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Balch Springs property | Rest of Texas property | Balch Springs violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.0 | 27.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 31.9 | 26.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 28.2 | 23.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 26.8 | 20.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
Crime in Balch Springs per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Balch Springs | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Balch Springs’ police reported 350 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
837 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
107 violent and 730 property, as reported to the FBI by Balch Springs’ police.
20 people died in crashes on Balch Springs’s roads in 2019–2023
Balch Springs had 18 fatal crashes in five years, in which 20 people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist. Most of these deaths (12 of 20) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 14.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.1, 88 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Balch Springs and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balch Springs | D | 4.3 | 28.9 |
| Dallas | D | 6.3 | 34.7 |
| Mesquite | D | 4.9 | 29.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balch Springs | D | 4.3 | 28.9 |
| Royse City | B | 1.3 | 9.4 |
| Denison | B | 2.2 | 8.0 |
| Saginaw | C+ | 2.4 | 11.9 |
| Lake Jackson | C | 2.7 | 16.3 |
| Katy | C− | 1.9 | 31.8 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Balch Springs’ population (27,258), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Balch Springs. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Balch Springs’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,214 in 2025); our figure for Balch Springs is 27,258 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Balch Springs
Is Balch Springs, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Balch Springs reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #433 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 4.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Balch Springs?
4.3 violent and 28.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Balch Springs in 2025?
Balch Springs’s police reported 5 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 18.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Balch Springs safer than Dallas?
Dallas reports more crime per resident than Balch Springs: Dallas grades D for safety and Balch Springs D. Dallas’s police reported 6.3 violent and 34.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Balch Springs?
Balch Springs’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Balch Springs”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.