McKinney is a city of 219,100 in Collin County, about 30 miles north of downtown Dallas · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in McKinney?
Property crime in McKinney is a little lower than in most US neighborhoods: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Theft makes up 65% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 891 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than McKinney as a whole, and 34% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. McKinney scores 891.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in McKinney, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in McKinney, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in McKinney
Burglaries run high in Shorts & McKinney East Estates. In this part of east McKinney, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of McKinney.
Vehicle theft runs low. McKinney has 0.78 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.7.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In McKinney, 55% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in McKinney
Every part of McKinney where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across McKinney run from A+ to B.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Ridgecrest, Liberty Place & Virginia Ridge Estates, northwestBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of McKinney.A921
2Craig Ranch North, Brookstone & Cascades, southwestBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of McKinney.A916
3Eagle's Nest, Villas of Westridge & Falcon Creek, westBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of McKinney.A915
4Summit View Lakes, High Pointe & President's Point, northCar thefts run about 20% lower here than in the rest of McKinney.A895
5Eldorado Heights, Village Park & Parkway, southBurglaries run about 20% lower here than in the rest of McKinney.A892
6High Meadows, Quail Creek & Enclave at Stonebridge Ranch, centralClose to the rest of McKinney on most crimes.A887
7College, northeastBurglaries run about 80% higher here than in the rest of McKinney.A868
8Greens of McKinney, southeastBurglaries run about 90% higher here than in the rest of McKinney.A861
9Shorts & McKinney East Estates, eastCar thefts run at about triple the rate in the rest of McKinney.A-792
Neighborhood areas of McKinney, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in McKinney?
Reported property crime in McKinney has fallen 21% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 10 to 7.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Property crime, change since 2019
McKinneyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves McKinney. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, McKinney
Property, US
2016
+30%
+15%
2017
+33%
+12%
2018
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-1%
-8%
2021
-4%
-10%
2022
+4%
-6%
2023
-10%
-7%
2024
-22%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in McKinney
CrimeGrade™ estimates McKinney has about 11 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 55% less than the US as a whole and 60% less than Texas.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in McKinney, about 65% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in McKinney
McKinney has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In McKinney, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 45% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in McKinney and nearby cities
McKinney has more property crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities. Weston and Fairview have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from McKinney. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, McKinney is safer than 96% of them.
McKinney looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with property crime.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for McKinney: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 74% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 62% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 73% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 69% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.32 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 68% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs McKinney
Property crime costs McKinney about $16 million a year, or $71 per resident and about $223 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$1.7 million
$8
Theft
$7.9 million
$36
Vehicle theft
$2.6 million
$12
Arson
$170,000
$1
Vandalism
$3.2 million
$15
Total
$16 million
$71
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. McKinney is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
