Little Elm, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Little Elm, TX Summary

Crime in Little Elm research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Little Elm 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 Little Elm:

  • There were 350 total crimes committed in Little Elm in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 557.0 total crimes per 100K people in Little Elm.
  • The overall crime rate in Little Elm is -73.72% below the national average.
  • Little Elm ranks #153 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Little Elm ranks #2,481 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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Little Elm Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Little Elm is 557.0 per 100,000 people. That's -73.72% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -77.08% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Little Elm
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 350 557.0 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 2 3.2 5.2 5.0
Robbery 13 20.7 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 46 73.2 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 84 133.7 389.4 359.0
Burglary 27 43.0 284.3 229.0
Larceny 201 319.9 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 38 60.5 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 266 423.3 2,040.5 1,760.0

Little Elm 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 Little Elm

84
Violent Crimes
133.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-62.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 84 violent crimes in Little Elm in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Little Elm is 133.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 748.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Little Elm each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -62.76% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -65.67% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Little Elm

266
Property Crimes
423.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-75.95%
Below The National Average
  • There were 266 property crimes in Little Elm in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Little Elm is 423.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 236.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Little Elm each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -75.95% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -79.25% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Little Elm

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Plano, TX 291,463 4,716 1,618.0 1,466.4 151.6
Frisco, TX 232,961 2,571 1,103.6 1,002.7 100.9
McKinney, TX 219,132 2,044 932.8 815.5 117.3
Carrollton, TX 133,471 1,939 1,452.8 1,315.6 137.1
Richardson, TX 117,962 2,336 1,980.3 1,833.6 146.7
Allen, TX 113,737 1,120 984.7 878.3 106.4
Flower Mound, TX 80,455 515 640.1 582.9 57.2
Lakewood, WA 61,873 2,642 4,270.0 3,621.9 648.1
The Colony, TX 45,708 717 1,568.7 1,378.3 190.3
Coppell, TX 41,549 386 929.0 825.5 103.5

Little Elm SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
7
Diversity
10
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
3
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