The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Garland, TX
Garland is a city of 255,200 in Dallas County, about 13 miles northeast of downtown Dallas · Updated November 2026
Is Garland, TX safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Garland has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Garland run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 683 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Garland as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Garland scores 683.
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 Garland, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Garland, 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 Garland
One part of Garland stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Dalcastle and Linda Heights, Meadowcreek Village & First Centerville, in south Garland, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Aggravated assaults are less common than in most B-graded cities. Garland has 1.5 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 3.1.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses more often than nationally. In Garland, 48% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Garland
Low crime is the norm across Garland: 85% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 4% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Garland run from A+ to F; 8% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
85%11%
A or B 85%C 11%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Northeast Garland, Country Brook & Valley Creek North, northeastCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Garland.A-834
2Coomer Creek & Buckingham North, northCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Garland.A-808
4Mill Creek Crossing, Creek Valley & Glynnhill Highland Estates, eastCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Garland.B+739
5Oaks, New West & The Shores of Wellington, southeastCar thefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Garland.B670
6Northeast Dallas-White Rock & Fernwood, westBurglaries run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Garland.B-603
7Chandler Heights, Monica Park & Monica Park Heights, centralActs of vandalism run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Garland.B-600
8Dalcastle and Linda Heights, Meadowcreek Village & First Centerville, southThefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Garland.C+520
9Almeta-Bonita-Bella Vista, southwestBurglaries run at more than double the rate in the rest of Garland.C+520
Neighborhood areas of Garland, 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 Garland?
Reported crime in Garland has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 26% and property crime down 26%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.1 to 2.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 26 to 20 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GarlandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Garland. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Garland
Violent, US
Property, Garland
Property, US
2016
+6%
+4%
+23%
+15%
2017
+2%
+4%
+14%
+12%
2018
-11%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-6%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
-17%
+6%
-11%
-10%
2022
-19%
+5%
-4%
-6%
2023
-28%
+2%
-11%
-7%
2024
-26%
-4%
-26%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Garland
CrimeGrade™ estimates Garland has about 37 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as 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 Garland, about 34% 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 Garland
Garland has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 36% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
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 Garland compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Garland, 8 have less crime. Parker and Murphy have the least.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Garland
Garland looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.
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 83% 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.30% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 68% 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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 59% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.33 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 66% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 63% of US city residents
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 Garland: D+ (21 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 62% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Garland on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Garland
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Garland about $1,303 a year per household, 8% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $111 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 $325 million a year, or $1,274 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$23 million
$90
Rape
$4.5 million
$17
Robbery
$5.0 million
$20
Assault
$32 million
$124
Burglary
$7.0 million
$27
Theft
$16 million
$65
Vehicle theft
$16 million
$64
Arson
$290,000
$1
Vandalism
$6.5 million
$26
Total
$111 million
$434
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 Garland 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 Garland, TX average a SchoolGrade of C+: 46% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Garland on SchoolGrade
