What is the crime rate in Lancaster, TX?

In 2025, the Lancaster Police Department reported 140 violent crimes and 852 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 344 violent and 2,096 property crimes per 100,000 of the 40,640 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: 344
Property per 100,000: 2,096
Violent crimes: 140
Property crimes: 852

Crime reported by the Lancaster 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	208	516	1,246	3,092	40,292
2024	167	412	1,274	3,147	40,486
2025	140	344	852	2,096	40,640

Violent crimes reported went from 208 in 2023 to 140 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,246 in 2023 to 852 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.

Lancaster against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lancaster	344	2,096
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 Lancaster, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lancaster	—	344	2,096
Hutchins	4.9 mi	463	2,902
DeSoto	5.2 mi	285	1,581
Wilmer	5.4 mi	357	2,383
Glenn Heights	5.6 mi	221	741
Red Oak	6.0 mi	153	1,309
Ferris	7.0 mi	172	751
Ovilla	7.4 mi	20	368
Duncanville	8.8 mi	260	2,041

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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