The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Arlington, TX
Arlington is the seventh-largest city in Texas, with 393,900 residents in Tarrant County, about 20 miles west of downtown Dallas · Updated November 2026
Is Arlington, TX safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Arlington has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Arlington run from A to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 651 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Arlington as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Arlington scores 651.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Arlington, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Arlington, 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 in Arlington
One part of Arlington stands out for robbery. Robberies in East Arlington, in east Arlington, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Reported rapes run high. Arlington has reported rapes at about double the US rate: 0.71 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Arlington
Most of Arlington grades well: 69% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Arlington run from A to F; 12% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
69%25%
A or B 69%C 25%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Southwest Arlington, southwestCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Arlington.A-802
2West, westBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Arlington.B+760
3Southeast Arlington, southCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Arlington.B+739
4North Arlington, northeastBurglaries run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Arlington.B-596
5Central Arlington, northCar thefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Arlington.B-567
6East Arlington, eastCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Arlington.C446
Neighborhood areas of Arlington, ranked by overall 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 crime going up in Arlington?
Reported violent crime in Arlington peaked in 2021 and has fallen 19% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 16% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.3 to 4.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 28 to 24 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
ArlingtonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Arlington. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Arlington
Violent, US
Property, Arlington
Property, US
2016
+4%
+4%
+10%
+15%
2017
-1%
+4%
+14%
+12%
2018
-11%
+0%
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+6%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
+11%
+6%
-7%
-10%
2022
+9%
+5%
-12%
-6%
2023
-9%
+2%
-10%
-7%
2024
-10%
-4%
-16%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Arlington
CrimeGrade™ estimates Arlington has about 48 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% more than the US as a whole and close to Texas.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Arlington, about 38% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Arlington
Arlington has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Arlington, 55% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 39% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (54%)
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.
How Arlington compares with nearby cities
Arlington has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Mansfield and Dalworthington Gardens have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Arlington
One thing sets Arlington apart: it has 35% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery and car theft, and they run high here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.35% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 72% 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 and assault. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 56% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Arlington: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 65% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 60% 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.6.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 60% 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 crime costs Arlington
Crime costs Arlington about $1,560 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 29% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $219 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $670 million a year, or $1,701 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$31 million
$79
Rape
$17 million
$43
Robbery
$7.4 million
$19
Assault
$81 million
$207
Burglary
$9.3 million
$24
Theft
$35 million
$89
Vehicle theft
$25 million
$63
Arson
$250,000
$1
Vandalism
$13 million
$32
Total
$219 million
$555
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Arlington means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
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.
Schools in Arlington, TX average a SchoolGrade of C-: 41% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Arlington on SchoolGrade
