In Carrollton, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 35% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.3 violent crimes and 12.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. Add to that, its letter overall is B− (#183 of 471 graded towns in Texas, and #30 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. One of the 8 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Carrollton
1 of the 8 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 Texas towns on Carrollton’s borders, 8 have a Safety Grade: Coppell (B+), Plano (B−), Lewisville (C+), The Colony (C+), Irving (C−), Farmers Branch (C−), Dallas (D), Addison (D−). Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Carrollton’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 2.0 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Texas (6.0) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Texas
18.8 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (11 reported in 2025), below the rest of Texas (75.5) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Carrollton reports less crime per resident than 91% (#30). Places like it ↓
A job center
Carrollton has 88,300 jobs based in town for 134,562 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Carrollton’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Carrollton’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Carrollton property | Rest of Texas property | Carrollton violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.6 | 27.4 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 15.0 | 26.4 | 1.7 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 13.2 | 24.0 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 9.9 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Carrollton | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Carrollton | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36.7 | 89.8 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 26.1 | 84.8 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 22.5 | 78.7 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 8.1 | 63.4 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Carrollton’s police reported 1 homicides, 11 robberies and 130 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Texas and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Carrollton 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,475 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.
130 violent and 1,345 property, as reported to the FBI by Carrollton’s police.
44 people died in crashes on Carrollton’s roads in 2019–2023
Carrollton had 38 fatal crashes in five years, in which 44 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 14 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Texas towns of 100,000+ people (8.4, 43 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.
Carrollton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton | B− | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| Dallas | D | 6.3 | 34.7 |
| Lewisville | C+ | 2.1 | 15.5 |
| Coppell | B+ | 0.9 | 9.0 |
| The Colony | C+ | 1.7 | 17.1 |
| Plano | B− | 1.5 | 14.4 |
| Addison | D− | 3.8 | 56.1 |
| Irving | C− | 2.8 | 21.3 |
| Farmers Branch | C− | 1.8 | 25.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton | B− | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| College Station | B− | 1.5 | 10.9 |
| Pearland | B− | 0.9 | 14.1 |
| Round Rock | C+ | 1.3 | 18.4 |
| Odessa | C | 3.3 | 15.8 |
| Abilene | C− | 4.3 | 16.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Carrollton’s population (134,562), 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 Carrollton. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Carrollton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (135,908 in 2025); our figure for Carrollton is 134,562 (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 Carrollton
Is Carrollton, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Carrollton reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #183 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.3 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 Carrollton?
1.3 violent and 12.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Carrollton in 2025?
Carrollton’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Carrollton safer than Dallas?
Dallas reports more crime per resident than Carrollton: Dallas grades D for safety and Carrollton B−. Dallas’s police reported 6.3 violent and 34.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Carrollton?
Carrollton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Carrollton”. 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.