Less violent crime is recorded per resident in Highland Village than in 86% of U.S. towns
Among its 2 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Add to that, the overall Safety Grade is B+ (#75 of 471 graded towns in Texas), which means less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 0.5 violent crime and 9.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas.
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 Highland Village
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Texas towns on Highland Village’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Flower Mound (A−), Lewisville (C+). Copper Canyon reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Highland Village’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 84% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 71% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Highland Village’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Highland Village | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Highland Village’s police reported 23 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Highland Village 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Highland Village property | Rest of Texas property | Highland Village violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.4 | 27.3 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 10.0 | 26.3 | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 10.7 | 23.9 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 20.6 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
117 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.
7 violent and 110 property, as reported to the FBI by Highland Village’s police.
One person died in crashes on Highland Village’s roads in 2019–2023
Highland Village had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is fewer than 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 Highland Village’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Highland Village’s own rate (1.2) 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.
Highland Village and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Village | B+ | 0.5 | 9.2 |
| Lewisville | C+ | 2.1 | 15.5 |
| Copper Canyon | — | — | — |
| Flower Mound | A− | 0.6 | 6.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Copper Canyon reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Village | B+ | 0.5 | 9.2 |
| Buda | C+ | 1.2 | 17.4 |
| Palmview | C | 3.8 | 13.3 |
| Mount Pleasant | C | 3.3 | 18.2 |
| Tomball | C− | 3.3 | 20.9 |
| Mineral Wells | C− | 3.0 | 27.7 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Highland Village’s population (16,029), 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 Highland Village. 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 Highland Village’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,184 in 2025); our figure for Highland Village is 16,029 (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 Highland Village
Is Highland Village, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Highland Village reports less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #75 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 0.5 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 Highland Village?
0.5 violent and 9.2 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 Highland Village safer than Lewisville?
Lewisville reports more crime per resident than Highland Village: Lewisville grades C+ for safety and Highland Village B+. Lewisville’s police reported 2.1 violent and 15.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Highland Village?
Highland Village’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Highland Village”. 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.