Crime & Safety in Southlake
Southlake's crime data is genuinely, consistently low across every source reviewed -- a real finding, not an assumption based on the city's affluence. NeighborhoodScout cites an overall crime rate of about 10 per 1,000 residents (a roughly 1-in-98 annual chance of being a victim of violent or property crime combined), with violent crime specifically well below the national average; a separate CrimeGrade.org figure runs somewhat higher at 32.86 per 1,000 combined, illustrating the same source-to-source methodology variance seen throughout this build rather than a contradiction of the overall low-crime picture.
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Learn moreOverall and Violent Crime: Genuinely Low
NeighborhoodScout data (reviewed August 2026) puts Southlake's combined violent-and-property crime rate at about 10 per 1,000 residents, or roughly a 1-in-98 annual chance of being a victim of either category -- and describes violent crime specifically (assault, rape, murder, armed robbery) as occurring well below the national average. CrimeGrade.org's own methodology produces a higher combined figure (32.86 per 1,000) and a violent-crime-specific rate of 2.541 per 1,000 -- a real methodological gap between the two sources, disclosed here rather than resolved by picking the more flattering number, though both describe Southlake as a genuinely low-crime city relative to national and DFW-metro norms.
Property Crime
NeighborhoodScout separately cites Southlake's property crime rate at 10 per 1,000 population, or roughly a 1-in-101 annual chance of victimization -- essentially matching the combined figure, since violent crime is such a small share of the total. This is a genuinely low property-crime rate by any national or DFW-metro comparison, consistent with the overall low-crime picture rather than an outlier finding.
Neighborhood-Level Framing
CrimeGrade.org data (reviewed August 2026) notes that Southlake residents "generally consider the northwest part of the city to be the safest" -- language reflecting local perception more than a hard per-capita statistical breakdown by area. Consistent with this build's standard practice, this page does not name any specific Southlake neighborhood as higher-crime; anyone evaluating a specific address should consult a block-level crime-mapping tool directly (CrimeGrade.org, NeighborhoodScout, or the Southlake Department of Public Safety's own published data) rather than relying on informal reputation.
How Southlake Compares Regionally
Southlake's crime profile is dramatically lower than the citywide figures documented elsewhere in this build for Dallas (a combined index around 41 per 1,000, per HomeSnacks-style aggregation) -- consistent with Southlake's identity as a small, affluent, low-density suburb rather than a large urban core. This is one of the most unambiguously positive, consistently sourced findings in this file.
Key takeaways
- Southlake's crime rate is genuinely low across every source reviewed: NeighborhoodScout cites about 10 combined violent-and-property crimes per 1,000 residents (roughly 1-in-98 annual odds); CrimeGrade.org's differently-weighted methodology cites a higher but still comparatively low 32.86 per 1,000.
- Property crime specifically runs about 10 per 1,000 (roughly 1-in-101 odds) per NeighborhoodScout -- a genuinely low figure by national and DFW-metro standards.
- This page names no specific Southlake neighborhood as higher- or lower-crime -- use a block-level tool (CrimeGrade.org, NeighborhoodScout, Southlake DPS) for any specific address.
- Southlake's crime figures run dramatically below the citywide indices documented for Dallas elsewhere in this build -- consistent with its identity as a small, affluent, low-density suburb.
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