Photo: Aaron Jacobs on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5Reported crime per resident in Denton fell 21% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Denton grades C for safety (#287 of 471 graded towns in Texas, and #87 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Denton
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Texas towns on Denton’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Argyle (A−), Corinth (A−), Northlake (B−). Shady Shores has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Krum reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Denton’s police reported 5 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 4.3 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
27.2 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (38 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, Denton reports less crime per resident than 73% (#87). Places like it ↓
A college town
Denton is home to the University of North Texas, with 41,430 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 18% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. 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 Denton’s 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. Its violent rate (2.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Homicides and robberies
Denton’s police reported 5 homicides, 38 robberies and 344 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.
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| Year | Denton | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 8.0 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Denton | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.2 | 89.9 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 34.1 | 84.8 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 26.1 | 78.8 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 22.0 | 63.4 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Denton property | Rest of Texas property | Denton violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.8 | 27.3 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 21.9 | 26.3 | 2.5 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 17.4 | 23.9 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 17.2 | 20.6 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 17 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
3,319 crimes reported in 2025
344 violent and 2,975 property, as reported to the FBI by Denton’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
77 people died in crashes on Denton’s roads in 2019–2023
Denton had 71 fatal crashes in five years, in which 77 people died; 15 were pedestrians and 4 were cyclists. 23 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Denton and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Shady Shores has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Krum reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
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 Denton. 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 Denton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (172,882 in 2025); our figure for Denton is 169,431 (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 Denton
Is Denton, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Denton reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #287 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 2.2 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 Denton?
2.2 violent and 18.8 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.
Is crime going up or down in Denton?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Denton in 2025?
Denton’s police reported 5 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Denton safer than Corinth?
Corinth reports less crime per resident than Denton: Corinth grades A− for safety and Denton C. Corinth’s police reported 0.7 violent and 7.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Denton?
Denton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Denton”. 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.