Lancaster, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lancaster, TX Summary

Crime in Lancaster research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lancaster over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Lancaster:

  • There were 1,432 total crimes committed in Lancaster in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,537.0 total crimes per 100K people in Lancaster.
  • The overall crime rate in Lancaster is 66.90% above the national average.
  • Lancaster ranks #665 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Lancaster ranks #9,029 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Lancaster Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lancaster is 3,537.0 per 100,000 people. That's 66.90% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 45.56% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lancaster
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,432 3,537.0 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 6 14.8 5.2 5.0
Robbery 28 69.2 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 116 286.5 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 166 410.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 353 871.9 284.3 229.0
Larceny 697 1,721.6 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 216 533.5 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 1,266 3,127.0 2,040.5 1,760.0

Lancaster Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Lancaster

166
Violent Crimes
410.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
14.21%
Above The National Average
  • There were 166 violent crimes in Lancaster in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lancaster is 410.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 243.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lancaster each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 14.21% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 5.30% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lancaster

1,266
Property Crimes
3,127.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
77.67%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,266 property crimes in Lancaster in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lancaster is 3,127.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 32.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lancaster each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 77.67% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 53.25% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lancaster

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Dallas, TX 1,321,502 52,993 4,010.1 3,351.9 658.2
Grand Prairie, TX 206,122 3,756 1,822.2 1,601.0 221.2
DeSoto, TX 56,488 1,112 1,968.6 1,642.8 325.7
Waxahachie, TX 49,223 883 1,793.9 1,570.4 223.5
Cedar Hill, TX 48,911 955 1,952.5 1,772.6 179.9
Midlothian, TX 43,497 469 1,078.2 958.7 119.5
Duncanville, TX 38,939 1,007 2,586.1 2,277.9 308.2
University Park, TX 25,241 378 1,497.6 1,434.2 63.4
Seagoville, TX 20,329 332 1,633.1 1,524.9 108.2
Red Oak, TX 20,300 462 2,275.9 2,088.7 187.2

Lancaster SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
4
Amenities
8.5
Education
7
Commute
5
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