What is the crime rate in Red Oak, TX?

In 2025, the Red Oak Police Department reported 32 violent crimes and 273 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 153 violent and 1,309 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,863 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: 153
Property per 100,000: 1,309
Violent crimes: 32
Property crimes: 273

Crime reported by the Red Oak 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	33	172	275	1,437	19,134
2024	38	187	326	1,606	20,300
2025	32	153	273	1,309	20,863

Violent crimes reported went from 33 in 2023 to 32 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 275 in 2023 to 273 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.

Red Oak against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Red Oak	153	1,309
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 Red Oak, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Red Oak	—	153	1,309
Glenn Heights	5.0 mi	221	741
Lancaster	6.0 mi	344	2,096
Ovilla	6.2 mi	20	368
Ferris	6.6 mi	172	751
DeSoto	7.7 mi	285	1,581
Waxahachie	8.2 mi	180	1,023
Wilmer	8.6 mi	357	2,383
Palmer	9.0 mi	75	336

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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