Dallas Crime Through the Decades

What the numbers say about crimes in our city since 1945.

By D Magazine | December 28, 2015|12:00 am

Rates per 1,000 residents

Source: Dallas Police Department. City population estimates from U.S. Census

Year	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Aggravated Assault	Burglary
1945	0.13	0.10	0.35	1.23	1.10
1953	0.14	0.09	0.30	0.41	1.68
1963	0.15	0.07	0.26	0.89	1.89
1975	0.25	0.25	1.28	1.49	4.70
1995	0.09	0.25	0.88	2.17	0.90
2014	0.09	0.61	3.01	2.89	9.12

Source: Dallas Police Department. City population estimates from U.S. Census

Year	Population	Murders	Rapes	Robberies	Aggravated Assaults	Burglaries
1945	364,598	46	36	128	447	401
1953	508,029	72	44	151	210	856
1963	729,099	107	52	193	646	1,377
1975	874,240	220	217	1,119	1,300	4,107
1995	1,040,492	95	258	920	2,262	933
2014	1,281,047	116	781	3,856	3,704	11,685

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