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Denton, TX has a significantly lower rate of violent crime than the US average. Residents of Denton can feel relatively safe compared to other cities in the US, with only 13.6 incidents of violent crime per 100,000 people as opposed to 22.7 incidents nationwide. Property crime in Denton is slightly higher than the US average, but still remains below 40 incidents per 100,000 people at 34.8 incidents per 100,000 people. Overall, Denton is a relatively safe city with low levels of both violent and property crime.

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Denton violent crime is 13.6. (The US average is 22.7)
Denton property crime is 34.8. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.
 Violent Crimes  - Murder  Rape  Robbery  Assault
 Property Crimes  - Burglary  Larceny  Auto Theft
Denton, TX Crime History
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Year Violent Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Burglary Larceny Auto
2000327.72.443.787.4194.23595.9688.12746.4161.4
2001375.22.459.585228.34073.3664.13219.8189.4
2002444.62.477.392.7272.24167.88003156.2211.6
20034003.37368.72553815.6733.52831.5250.7
2004424.26.376.891.6249.53958.8652.63084.1222.1
2005378.4572.176.1225.24113.9684.73183246.2
2006307.205660.7190.52957.86202142.8195.1
2007321.21.866.773.71793076.3630.22294.3151.8
2008296.8058.277.3161.32770.7554.52084132.2
2009246.21.657.163.6123.92631.4547.81933.1150.4
2010256.22.452.751.1150.12558.7443.21992.1123.4
2011268.61.745.847.5173.62863.54882273.5101.9
2012310.20.872.368.9168.12742.5531.42079.2132
2013274.20.875.542.2155.82253382.91787.382.8
2014270.71.68343.9142.12412337.71967.3107
2015225.61.568.647.3108.22396.5307.91943.7144.8
2016260.33.770.954.5131.32256.6405.11725.4126.1
20173040.787.768.7146.92258.9311.31729.8217.8
2018315.21.48969.7155.12317.9290.11867160.8
2019233.92.188.346.696.81883.5223.31518.1142.1

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City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Corinth, TX72.4760.511,58252019
Argyle, TX0.0401.34,04772018
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City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Lewisville, TX221.31,967.6105,762132019
Frisco, TX80.21,198.334,479182019
Carrollton, TX138.21,710.4123,324202018
Irving, TX251.42,437.4228,367252019
McKinney, TX143.1993.4200,615262019

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I've lived here since 2011. There are a lot of things I like about the city, but extreme growth has made it exhausting to live here. BIGGEST PROS: - Brand new  More

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We moved here from the midwest in 2014. After 4 years, we still love the area; however, it has grown so much and so fast that the traffic is such that we prefer to stay  More

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Over 11 years ago

an amazing city to study  More

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