Red Oak, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Red Oak, TX Summary

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

  • There were 462 total crimes committed in Red Oak in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,275.9 total crimes per 100K people in Red Oak.
  • The overall crime rate in Red Oak is 7.39% above the national average.
  • Red Oak ranks #569 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Red Oak ranks #7,700 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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Red Oak Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Red Oak is 2,275.9 per 100,000 people. That's 7.39% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -6.34% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Red Oak
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 462 2,275.9 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 6 29.6 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 31 152.7 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 38 187.2 389.4 359.0
Burglary 37 182.3 284.3 229.0
Larceny 218 1,073.9 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 169 832.5 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 424 2,088.7 2,040.5 1,760.0

Red Oak 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 Red Oak

38
Violent Crimes
187.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-47.86%
Below The National Average
  • There were 38 violent crimes in Red Oak in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Red Oak is 187.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 534.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Red Oak each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -47.86% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -51.93% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Red Oak

424
Property Crimes
2,088.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
18.67%
Above The National Average
  • There were 424 property crimes in Red Oak in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Red Oak is 2,088.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 47.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Red Oak each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 18.67% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 2.36% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Red Oak

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
Lancaster, TX 40,486 1,432 3,537.0 3,127.0 410.0
Duncanville, TX 38,939 1,007 2,586.1 2,277.9 308.2
Ennis, TX 24,979 425 1,701.4 1,525.3 176.1
Seagoville, TX 20,329 332 1,633.1 1,524.9 108.2

Red Oak SnackAbility

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