Sunnyvale, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Sunnyvale:

  • There were 129 total crimes committed in Sunnyvale the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,539.2 total crimes per 100K people in Sunnyvale.
  • The overall crime rate in Sunnyvale is -33.78% below the national average.
  • Sunnyvale ranks #345 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Sunnyvale ranks #5,434 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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Sunnyvale Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sunnyvale is 1,539.2 per 100,000 people. That's -33.78% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -42.81% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sunnyvale
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 129 1,539.2 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 1 11.9 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 6 71.6 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 7 83.5 446.5 369.8
Burglary 6 71.6 370.7 269.8
Larceny 94 1,121.6 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 22 262.5 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 122 1,455.7 2,245.0 1,954.4

Sunnyvale 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 Sunnyvale

7
Violent Crimes
83.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-77.41%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Sunnyvale in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sunnyvale is 83.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,197.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sunnyvale each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -77.41% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -81.29% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sunnyvale

122
Property Crimes
1,455.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-25.52%
Below The National Average
  • There were 122 property crimes in Sunnyvale in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sunnyvale is 1,455.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 68.7 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 -25.52% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -35.16% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 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 241,095 6,771 2,808.4 2,562.5 246.0
Mesquite, TX 147,226 6,059 4,115.4 3,648.8 466.6
Richardson, TX 115,771 2,813 2,429.8 2,271.7 158.1
Rowlett, TX 65,196 1,122 1,721.0 1,484.8 236.2
Rockwall, TX 51,724 847 1,637.5 1,535.1 102.5
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
University Park, TX 24,918 340 1,364.5 1,324.3 40.1
Murphy, TX 21,297 157 737.2 694.9 42.3

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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