Photo: Nsaum75 · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Dickinson fell 26% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Dickinson grades B− for safety (#183 of 471 graded towns in Texas): close to the middle 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 Dickinson
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Texas towns on Dickinson’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Santa Fe (B+), League City (B), Texas City (C−). 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 Dickinson’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Dickinson’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.0) 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.
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 | Dickinson property | Rest of Texas property | Dickinson violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.2 | 27.3 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 11.0 | 26.3 | 2.5 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 10.6 | 23.9 | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 8.5 | 20.6 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Dickinson’s police reported 132 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Dickinson | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 9 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
219 crimes reported in 2025
31 violent and 188 property, as reported to the FBI by Dickinson’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Eight people died in crashes on Dickinson’s roads in 2019–2023
Dickinson had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 3 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Dickinson’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Dickinson’s own rate (7.4) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Dickinson and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson | B− | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| Texas City | C− | 3.2 | 19.3 |
| League City | B | 0.9 | 11.5 |
| Santa Fe | B+ | 1.2 | 6.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson | B− | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| Murphy | A− | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Stephenville | B− | 1.8 | 9.9 |
| Angleton | B− | 2.6 | 10.2 |
| Seagoville | B− | 1.3 | 15.1 |
| Big Spring | D | 7.8 | 24.6 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Dickinson’s population (21,908), by grade.
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 Dickinson. 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 Dickinson’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (22,061 in 2025); our figure for Dickinson is 21,908 (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 Dickinson
Is Dickinson, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Dickinson reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #183 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 2.0 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 Dickinson?
2.0 violent and 10.0 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 Dickinson?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Dickinson safer than Texas City?
Texas City reports more crime per resident than Dickinson: Texas City grades C− for safety and Dickinson B−. Texas City’s police reported 3.2 violent and 19.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Dickinson?
Dickinson’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Dickinson”. 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.