Reported crime per resident in The Colony fell 47% from 2023 to 2025
4 of the 5 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Overall, The Colony grades C+ for safety (#251 of 471 graded towns in Texas): more crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Annual rates stand at 1.7 violent crimes and 17.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 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 The Colony
4 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Texas towns on The Colony’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Little Elm (B+), Frisco (B), Carrollton (B−), Plano (B−), Lewisville (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 The Colony’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.7) 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. Its property rate (17.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | The Colony property | Rest of Texas property | The Colony violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.2 | 27.3 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 24.8 | 26.3 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 13.8 | 23.9 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 12.8 | 20.6 | 1.3 | 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 | The Colony | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
The Colony’s police reported 231 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 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 The Colony 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.
652 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.
61 violent and 591 property, as reported to the FBI by The Colony’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on The Colony’s roads in 2019–2023
The Colony had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 2 were pedestrians.
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 The Colony’s size would see about 14 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so The Colony’s own rate (4.0) 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.
The Colony and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colony | C+ | 1.7 | 17.1 |
| Lewisville | C+ | 2.1 | 15.5 |
| Little Elm | B+ | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| Carrollton | B− | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| Frisco | B | 0.9 | 10.4 |
| Plano | B− | 1.5 | 14.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colony | C+ | 1.7 | 17.1 |
| Keller | A− | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| Hutto | B+ | 0.7 | 8.5 |
| Prosper | B+ | 0.5 | 9.2 |
| Midlothian | B | 1.1 | 9.6 |
| Schertz | B | 1.7 | 8.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to The Colony’s population (46,196), 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 The Colony. 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 The Colony’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (46,183 in 2025); our figure for The Colony is 46,196 (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 The Colony
Is The Colony, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, The Colony reports more crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #251 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.7 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 The Colony?
1.7 violent and 17.1 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 The Colony in 2025?
The Colony’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is The Colony safer than Lewisville?
Lewisville reports more crime per resident than The Colony: Lewisville grades C+ for safety and The Colony C+. Lewisville’s police reported 2.1 violent and 15.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices The Colony?
The Colony’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “The Colony”. 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.