Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Chriswardster assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domainLess violent crime is recorded per resident in Southlake than in 89% of U.S. towns
Among its 4 neighbors with figures, 3 record less crime per resident. Overall, Southlake grades B+ for safety (#67 of 471 graded towns in Texas): less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.4 violent crime and 9.2 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. The rate the grade counts dropped 40% from 2023 to 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 Southlake
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Texas towns on Southlake’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Trophy Club (A), Colleyville (A), Keller (A−), Grapevine (C). Westlake has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Southlake’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 86% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 73% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Southlake has 30,124 jobs based in town for 31,175 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. 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 Southlake’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 | Southlake property | Rest of Texas property | Southlake violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.1 | 27.3 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 11.1 | 26.3 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 10.0 | 23.9 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 20.6 | 0.4 | 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 | Southlake | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Southlake’s police reported 35 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 Southlake 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.
218 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.
14 violent and 204 property, as reported to the FBI by Southlake’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Southlake’s roads in 2019–2023
Southlake had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Texas towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Southlake’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Southlake’s own rate (4.5) 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.
Southlake and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southlake | B+ | 0.4 | 9.2 |
| Grapevine | C | 1.7 | 20.6 |
| Colleyville | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Keller | A− | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| Westlake | — | — | — |
| Trophy Club | A | 0.2 | 3.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Westlake has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southlake | B+ | 0.4 | 9.2 |
| Melissa | A | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Sachse | A− | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| Alvin | C+ | 1.8 | 14.5 |
| Nacogdoches | C | 2.7 | 15.8 |
| Converse | C− | 4.1 | 15.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Southlake’s population (31,175), 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 Southlake. 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 Southlake’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,561 in 2025); our figure for Southlake is 31,175 (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 Southlake
Is Southlake, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Southlake reports less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #67 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 0.4 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 Southlake?
0.4 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.
How many homicides were there in Southlake in 2025?
Southlake’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 Southlake safer than Grapevine?
Grapevine reports more crime per resident than Southlake: Grapevine grades C for safety and Southlake B+. Grapevine’s police reported 1.7 violent and 20.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Southlake?
Southlake’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Southlake”. 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.