What is the crime rate in DeSoto, TX?

In 2025, the DeSoto Police Department reported 162 violent crimes and 899 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 285 violent and 1,581 property crimes per 100,000 of the 56,851 residents it serves.

Across Texas the rates were 348 and 1,809.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 285
Property per 100,000: 1,581
Violent crimes: 162
Property crimes: 899

Crime reported by the DeSoto Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	172	306	1,169	2,078	56,257
2024	191	338	945	1,673	56,488
2025	162	285	899	1,581	56,851

Violent crimes reported went from 172 in 2023 to 162 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,169 in 2023 to 899 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

DeSoto against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
DeSoto	285	1,581
Texas	348	1,809
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near DeSoto, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
DeSoto	—	285	1,581
Glenn Heights	3.4 mi	221	741
Ovilla	4.2 mi	20	368
Duncanville	4.4 mi	260	2,041
Lancaster	5.2 mi	344	2,096
Cedar Hill	5.7 mi	155	1,718
Red Oak	7.7 mi	153	1,309
Hutchins	9.4 mi	463	2,902
Cockrell Hill	9.7 mi	193	1,268

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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