Sherman, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sherman, TX Summary

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

  • There were 1,104 total crimes committed in Sherman in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,266.4 total crimes per 100K people in Sherman.
  • The overall crime rate in Sherman is 6.95% above the national average.
  • Sherman ranks #568 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Sherman ranks #7,687 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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Sherman Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sherman is 2,266.4 per 100,000 people. That's 6.95% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -6.73% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sherman
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,104 2,266.4 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.1 5.2 5.0
Robbery 18 37.0 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 119 244.3 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 172 353.1 389.4 359.0
Burglary 291 597.4 284.3 229.0
Larceny 555 1,139.4 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 86 176.6 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 932 1,913.3 2,040.5 1,760.0

Sherman 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 Sherman

172
Violent Crimes
353.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-1.64%
Below The National Average
  • There were 172 violent crimes in Sherman in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sherman is 353.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 283.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sherman each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -1.64% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -9.32% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sherman

932
Property Crimes
1,913.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
8.71%
Above The National Average
  • There were 932 property crimes in Sherman in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sherman is 1,913.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 52.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sherman each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 8.71% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -6.23% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sherman

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
The Colony, TX 45,708 717 1,568.7 1,378.3 190.3
Denison, TX 26,977 267 989.7 815.5 174.2
Corinth, TX 24,056 178 739.9 706.7 33.3

Sherman SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
7
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
8.5
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