Sunnyvale, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sunnyvale, TX Summary

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

  • There were 113 total crimes committed in Sunnyvale in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,276.7 total crimes per 100K people in Sunnyvale.
  • The overall crime rate in Sunnyvale is -39.76% below the national average.
  • Sunnyvale ranks #361 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Sunnyvale ranks #5,402 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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Sunnyvale Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sunnyvale is 1,276.7 per 100,000 people. That's -39.76% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -47.46% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sunnyvale
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 113 1,276.7 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 9 101.7 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 10 113.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 8 90.4 284.3 229.0
Larceny 72 813.5 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 23 259.9 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 103 1,163.7 2,040.5 1,760.0

Sunnyvale 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 Sunnyvale

10
Violent Crimes
113.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-68.53%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Sunnyvale in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sunnyvale is 113.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 885.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sunnyvale each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -68.53% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -70.99% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sunnyvale

103
Property Crimes
1,163.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-33.88%
Below The National Average
  • There were 103 property crimes in Sunnyvale in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sunnyvale is 1,163.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 85.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sunnyvale each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -33.88% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -42.97% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sunnyvale

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Garland, TX 246,255 5,469 2,220.9 1,988.2 232.7
Mesquite, TX 148,803 5,175 3,477.8 2,976.4 501.3
Richardson, TX 117,962 2,336 1,980.3 1,833.6 146.7
Rowlett, TX 69,135 1,007 1,456.6 1,304.7 151.9
Rockwall, TX 54,765 832 1,519.2 1,373.1 146.1
Forney, TX 40,484 327 807.7 652.1 155.6
Sachse, TX 34,574 280 809.9 737.5 72.3
Balch Springs, TX 26,819 867 3,232.8 2,815.2 417.6
University Park, TX 25,241 378 1,497.6 1,434.2 63.4
Terrell, TX 22,930 427 1,862.2 1,556.9 305.3

Sunnyvale SnackAbility

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