Irving is a city of 255,900 in Dallas County, about 11 miles northwest of downtown Dallas · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Irving?
Violent crime is high in Irving: a B, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Assaults make up 91% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
B
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 681 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Irving as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Irving scores 681.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid 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 about violent crime 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.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Irving
Low violent crime is the norm across Irving: 68% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Irving run from A to D-.
68%26%
A or B 68%C 26%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Valley Ranch, northAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Irving.A850
2Cardinal Family Village, centralClose to the rest of Irving on most crimes.B+724
3Bear Creek, southwestAggravated assaults run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Irving.B-549
4Song, westRobberies run at about double the rate in the rest of Irving.C+503
Neighborhood areas of Irving, ranked by violent crime 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 violent crime going up in Irving?
Reported violent crime in Irving peaked in 2022 and has fallen 19% since, back near its 2019 level. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.6 to 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent 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
2016
-16%
+4%
2017
-11%
+4%
2018
-18%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+14%
+4%
2021
+26%
+6%
2022
+31%
+5%
2023
+15%
+2%
2024
+7%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Irving
CrimeGrade™ estimates Irving has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Texas.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Irving, about 91% of the total. Murder and rape are far rarer, but they account for 55% of the cost of violent crime here.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Irving
Irving has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Irving, 45% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 42% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in Irving and nearby cities
Irving has more violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities. University Park and Coppell have the least violent crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two 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 robbery, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.103 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.50% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 83% 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 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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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more 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 violent crime costs Irving
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Irving about $382 million a year, or $1,494 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $78 million, or $306 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 80% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$34 million
$135
Rape
$8.3 million
$32
Robbery
$4.6 million
$18
Assault
$31 million
$121
Total
$78 million
$306
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
