Farmers Branch, TX carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 43% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Farmers Branch, TX shows violent crime at 201.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,547.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 43% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
201.5/100K violent
2547.4/100K property
-43% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Farmers Branch, TX
Comparable rate records
Farmers Branch's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Farmers Branch's 201.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hooks (202.3), Seven Points (199.7), Hico (199.6), Denton (204.2). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 154.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 201.5 in 2024 (+30.3%). The highest observed value was 251.4 in 2022 and the lowest 154.7 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 7.3% of the 1,037 Part I offenses reported in Farmers Branch for 2024, against a median of 14.4% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 7.0 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Farmers Branch sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 201.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Farmers Branch ranks 305 of 686 — above 381 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +12.6% against the cohort median of 178.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Farmers Branch's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Farmers Branch's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11.9 Census sq mi, Farmers Branch logged 80.9 property and 6.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Farmers Branch's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (61% of 1,037 offenses; mix index 4,317).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-20.7%
3210.4 → 2547.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-5.6%
213.5 → 201.5/100K
Property offenses lead Farmers Branch's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
961
2547.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
632
1675.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
227
601.7
-
Burglary
102
270.4
-
Arson
2
5.3
-
Violent Crime
76
201.5
352
Aggravated Assault
51
135.2
-
Rape
12
31.8
-
Robbery
12
31.8
-
Murder
1
2.7
-
Farmers Branch Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Farmers Branch property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Farmers Branch Police Department
Reporting agency for Farmers Branch NIBRS-participating
Farmers Branch Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Farmers Branch's 1,037 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Texas
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In 2024, Farmers Branch reported 76 violent crimes and 961 property crimes, for a total of 1,037 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Farmers Branch?
From 2023 to 2024, Farmers Branch's violent crime rate decreased by 5.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 20.7%.
What is the most common crime in Farmers Branch?
The most common crime type in Farmers Branch is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.9% of all reported crimes (632 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Farmers Branch figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Farmers Branch, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.