The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Richardson, TX
Richardson is a city of 129,300 in Dallas County, about 14 miles north of downtown Dallas · Updated November 2026
Is Richardson, TX safe?
Yes, crime in Richardson is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Richardson sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Richardson run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 865 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Richardson as a whole, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Richardson scores 865.
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 Richardson, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Richardson, 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 Richardson
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Richardson, 60% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
Aggravated assaults and acts of vandalism both run low. In Richardson, each runs at less than half the US rate: 1.1 aggravated assaults and 2.5 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Richardson
Low crime is the norm across Richardson: 95% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Richardson run from A+ to F; 73% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 95%C 2%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Richardson, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Richardson?
Reported crime in Richardson has held about steady since 2019: violent crime is down 2% and property crime down 2%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.5 to 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 18 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
RichardsonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Richardson. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Richardson
Violent, US
Property, Richardson
Property, US
2016
-8%
+4%
+16%
+15%
2017
+11%
+4%
+5%
+12%
2018
-24%
+0%
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-13%
+4%
+7%
-8%
2021
+3%
+6%
+10%
-10%
2022
+2%
+5%
+16%
-6%
2023
-15%
+2%
+8%
-7%
2024
-2%
-4%
-2%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Richardson
CrimeGrade™ estimates Richardson has about 27 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 27% less than the US as a whole and 35% 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 Richardson is theft, about 47% 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 Richardson
Richardson has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Richardson, 35% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 61% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (31%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (37%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
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, robbery, aggravated assault.
How Richardson compares with nearby cities
Richardson has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities. Parker and Murphy have the least crime nearby.
Jobs, night lighting and walkability in Richardson
Two things set Richardson apart: it has 108 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 7 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.108 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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 72% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 84% 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 Richardson: D+ (24 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 77% 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.32% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 70% 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 Richardson
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Richardson about $706 a year per household, 41% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $36 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 $89 million a year, or $687 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.8 million
$37
Rape
$910,000
$7
Robbery
$1.7 million
$13
Assault
$8.3 million
$64
Burglary
$2.7 million
$21
Theft
$8.5 million
$66
Vehicle theft
$6.7 million
$52
Arson
$110,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.2 million
$17
Total
$36 million
$278
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 Richardson 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 Richardson, TX average a SchoolGrade of B: 50% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Richardson on SchoolGrade
