Photo: Stedil · CC BY-SA 4.0Oak Ridge North reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Behind the grade sit 0.6 violent crime and 20.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. Taking everything together, Oak Ridge North scores C+ (#236 of 471 graded towns in Texas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 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 Oak Ridge North
A job center
Oak Ridge North has 3,108 jobs based in town for 2,991 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Oak Ridge North’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Oak Ridge North’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Oak Ridge North | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Oak Ridge North’s police reported 5 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Oak Ridge North 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 | Oak Ridge North property | Rest of Texas property | Oak Ridge North violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.6 | 27.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 19.9 | 26.3 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 24.8 | 23.9 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 15.4 | 20.6 | 0.3 | 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.
47 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.
1 violent and 46 property, as reported to the FBI by Oak Ridge North’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Oak Ridge North’s roads in 2019–2023
Oak Ridge North had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died. Most of these deaths (4 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than is typical for Texas towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Oak Ridge North’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Oak Ridge North’s own rate (26.4) 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.
Oak Ridge North and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge North | C+ | 0.6 | 20.0 |
| The Woodlands | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The Woodlands is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge North | C+ | 0.6 | 20.0 |
| Olney | A− | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| Stamford | A− | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| Van | B+ | 0.9 | 8.5 |
| Shallowater | B | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| Poteet | B− | 0.3 | 15.4 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Oak Ridge North’s population (2,991), 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 Oak Ridge North. 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 Oak Ridge North’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,989 in 2025); our figure for Oak Ridge North is 2,991 (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 Oak Ridge North
Is Oak Ridge North, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Oak Ridge North reports more crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #236 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 0.6 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 Oak Ridge North?
0.6 violent and 20.0 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.
Who polices Oak Ridge North?
Oak Ridge North’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Oak Ridge North”. 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.