The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Irving, TX
Irving is a city of 255,900 in Dallas County, about 11 miles northwest of downtown Dallas · Updated November 2026
Is Irving, TX safe?
Crime in Irving is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Irving. Violent and property crime both grade B here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Irving run from A to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 679 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Irving as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Irving scores 679.
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 Irving, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Irving, 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 Irving
Robberies run high in Bear Creek. In this part of southwest Irving, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Irving.
Aggravated assault is a strength. Irving grades B for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Irving, 66% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Irving
Low crime is the norm across Irving: 59% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 9% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Irving run from A to F; 17% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
59%32%
A or B 59%C 32%D or F 9%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Valley Ranch, northCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Irving.A-836
2Cardinal Family Village, centralClose to the rest of Irving on most crimes.B+699
3Bear Creek, southwestThefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Irving.B-542
4Song, westCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Irving.C+513
Neighborhood areas of Irving, 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 Irving?
Reported violent crime in Irving peaked in 2022 and has fallen 19% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 12% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.6 to 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 25 to 22 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
IrvingUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Irving. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Irving
Violent, US
Property, Irving
Property, US
2016
-16%
+4%
+8%
+15%
2017
-11%
+4%
+2%
+12%
2018
-18%
+0%
-4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+14%
+4%
-4%
-8%
2021
+26%
+6%
-6%
-10%
2022
+31%
+5%
+1%
-6%
2023
+15%
+2%
-3%
-7%
2024
+7%
-4%
-12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Irving
CrimeGrade™ estimates Irving has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% 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.
Theft makes up about 35% of crime reported in Irving. Murder is less common but costs more, because each one does far more harm.
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 Irving
Irving has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Irving, 44% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (66%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (45%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary.
How Irving compares with nearby cities
Irving has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities. Coppell and Grapevine have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Irving apart: it has 103 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 50% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and robbery runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.103 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 97% 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 92% 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. 68% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.50% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 83% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 74% 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 Irving: D+ (20 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 68% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Irving 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 Irving
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Irving about $1,441 a year per household, 20% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $137 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 $442 million a year, or $1,727 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$34 million
$135
Rape
$8.3 million
$32
Robbery
$4.6 million
$18
Assault
$31 million
$121
Burglary
$5.8 million
$23
Theft
$20 million
$79
Vehicle theft
$17 million
$67
Arson
$220,000
$1
Vandalism
$16 million
$61
Total
$137 million
$536
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 Irving 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 Irving, TX average a SchoolGrade of C: 45% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Irving on SchoolGrade
