The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Glenn Heights, TX
Glenn Heights is a city of 18,400 in Dallas County, about 16 miles south of downtown Dallas · Updated November 2026
Is Glenn Heights, TX safe?
Crime in Glenn Heights is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Glenn Heights. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Glenn Heights run from A to B-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 763 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Glenn Heights as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Glenn Heights scores 763.
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 Glenn Heights, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Glenn Heights, 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 Glenn Heights
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Glenn Heights, 68% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Thefts and car thefts both run low. In Glenn Heights, each runs at about half the US rate: 6.3 thefts and 1.4 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Glenn Heights
Every part of Glenn Heights where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Glenn Heights run from A to B-; 42% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Glenn Heights, the southwest side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Glenn Heights?
Reported crime in Glenn Heights has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 35% and property crime down 54%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.5 to 2.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 18 to 8.2 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Glenn HeightsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Glenn Heights. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Glenn Heights
Violent, US
Property, Glenn Heights
Property, US
2016
+6%
+4%
+27%
+15%
2017
+42%
+4%
-9%
+12%
2018
-25%
+0%
-14%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-44%
+4%
-35%
-8%
2021
-12%
+6%
-43%
-10%
2022
-23%
+5%
-41%
-6%
2023
-28%
+2%
-52%
-7%
2024
-35%
-4%
-54%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Glenn Heights
CrimeGrade™ estimates Glenn Heights has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 37% less than the US as a whole and 44% less than 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Glenn Heights is assault, about 44% of the total. It also makes up 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 Glenn Heights
Glenn Heights has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Glenn Heights, 87% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (87%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (65%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (76%)
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 Glenn Heights compares with nearby cities
Glenn Heights has more crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities. Ovilla and Oak Leaf have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Glenn Heights apart: it has 6 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 2.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.6 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.2.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 98% 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. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 92% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% of US city residents
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 78% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 67% 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 Glenn Heights
Crime costs Glenn Heights about $968 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 20% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $15 million a year, or $799 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$600,000
$32
Rape
$210,000
$12
Robbery
$180,000
$10
Assault
$2.2 million
$121
Burglary
$260,000
$14
Theft
$600,000
$33
Vehicle theft
$400,000
$22
Arson
$12,000
$1
Vandalism
$420,000
$23
Total
$4.9 million
$267
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 Glenn Heights 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. Glenn Heights 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.
Schools in Glenn Heights, TX average a SchoolGrade of D-: 35% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Glenn Heights on SchoolGrade
