Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0In Royse City, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 57% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Year on year, 1.3 violent crimes and 9.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. Its Safety Grade is B, on crimes Royse City’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #119 of 471 graded towns in 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 Royse City
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Texas towns on Royse City’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Fate (A−). Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Royse City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 75% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 61% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Royse City’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Royse City property | Rest of Texas property | Royse City violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.0 | 27.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 14.4 | 26.3 | 1.9 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 9.0 | 23.9 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 6.0 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Royse City | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Royse City’s police reported 107 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Royse City 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.
217 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.
31 violent and 186 property, as reported to the FBI by Royse City’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Royse City’s roads in 2019–2023
Royse City had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (7 of 10) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 10.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people (7.3, 297 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.
Royse City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royse City | B | 1.3 | 9.4 |
| Fate | A− | 0.8 | 3.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royse City | B | 1.3 | 9.4 |
| Denison | B | 2.2 | 8.0 |
| Eagle Pass | C | 1.8 | 19.2 |
| Lake Jackson | C | 2.7 | 16.3 |
| Katy | C− | 1.9 | 31.8 |
| Balch Springs | D | 4.3 | 28.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Royse City’s population (28,307), 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 Royse City. 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 Royse City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,093 in 2025); our figure for Royse City is 28,307 (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 Royse City
Is Royse City, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Royse City reports less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #119 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 Royse City?
1.3 violent and 9.4 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 Royse City in 2025?
Royse City’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Royse City safer than Fate?
Fate reports less crime per resident than Royse City: Fate grades A− for safety and Royse City B. Fate’s police reported 0.8 violent and 3.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Royse City?
Royse City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Royse City”. 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.