Rockwall, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Rockwall, TX Summary

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

  • There were 847 total crimes committed in Rockwall the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,637.5 total crimes per 100K people in Rockwall.
  • The overall crime rate in Rockwall is -29.54% below the national average.
  • Rockwall ranks #375 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Rockwall ranks #5,712 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Rockwall Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Rockwall is 1,637.5 per 100,000 people. That's -29.54% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -39.16% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Rockwall
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 847 1,637.5 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 10 19.3 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 35 67.7 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 53 102.5 446.5 369.8
Burglary 44 85.1 370.7 269.8
Larceny 685 1,324.3 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 65 125.7 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 794 1,535.1 2,245.0 1,954.4

Rockwall Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Rockwall

53
Violent Crimes
102.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-72.29%
Below The National Average
  • There were 53 violent crimes in Rockwall in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Rockwall is 102.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 975.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Rockwall each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -72.29% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -77.05% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Rockwall

794
Property Crimes
1,535.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-21.46%
Below The National Average
  • There were 794 property crimes in Rockwall in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Rockwall is 1,535.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 65.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Rockwall each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -21.46% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -31.62% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Rockwall

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Garland, TX 241,095 6,771 2,808.4 2,562.5 246.0
Richardson, TX 115,771 2,813 2,429.8 2,271.7 158.1
Allen, TX 108,218 1,101 1,017.4 920.4 97.0
Rowlett, TX 65,196 1,122 1,721.0 1,484.8 236.2
Sachse, TX 31,317 229 731.2 696.1 35.1
Forney, TX 31,105 423 1,359.9 1,160.6 199.3
Balch Springs, TX 26,973 939 3,481.3 3,003.0 478.3
Fate, TX 23,955 117 488.4 421.6 66.8
Murphy, TX 21,297 157 737.2 694.9 42.3
Terrell, TX 19,670 587 2,984.2 2,719.9 264.4

Rockwall SnackAbility

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