The 10 Safest Neighborhoods In Dallas For 2020

How We Determined The Safest Dallas Hoods In 2020

You can ask people which neighborhoods are the safest, or you can just look at the unbiased raw data. So, instead of relying on speculation and opinion, we analyzed the hard numbers from the FBIs most recent crime report (published in September of 2019) for every neighborhood in Dallas.

To be more specific, we analyzed the FBIs Uniform Crime Report. We then ran an analysis to calculate each neighborhoods property and violent crimes based on the demographics of the area and reported crime. We used two key criteria:

• Total Crimes Per Capita
• Violent Crimes Per Capita
• Property Crimes Per Capita

We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 32 in each category, where 1 was the safest.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a safe neighborhood index.

And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest safest neighborhood index the ‘Safest City Neighborhood In Dallas.’ We’re lookin’ at you, Highland Park.

Read on below to learn more about what it’s like to live in the safest places Dallas. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city from safest to most expensive.

The 10 Safest Neighborhoods To Live In Dallas For 2020

Highland Park is a town in central Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is among the five wealthiest locations in Texas, and the most affluent suburb of Dallas. The population was 8,564 at the 2010 census. It is located between the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. Route 75, 4 miles north of downtown Dallas.

The violent crime per 100K people in Highland Park comes in at 310 and the property crime per capita is 1,274 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Government District comes in at 310 and the property crime per capita is 1,274 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Main Street District comes in at 310 and the property crime per capita is 1,274 for 2020.

The City Center District is an area in north-central downtown Dallas, Texas. It lies south of the Arts District, north of the Main Street District, northwest of Deep Ellum, southwest of Bryan Place and east of the West End Historic District. The district contains a large concentration of downtown commercial space which prior to 1950 had been concentrated along Main Street. The district also contains remnants of Theatre Row, the historical entertainment area along Elm Street which contained theatres such as the Majestic Theatre.

The violent crime per 100K people in City Center District comes in at 310 and the property crime per capita is 1,274 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Farmers Market District comes in at 310 and the property crime per capita is 1,274 for 2020.

University Park began as a cluster of homes surrounding the fledgling Southern Methodist University, which was founded in the then-rural Dallas County in 1915. The university supplied these homes with utility service until 1924, when the growing population could no longer be supported by the school’s utilities. In response, the areas homeowners first sought annexation into the town of Highland Park, but were refused due to the high cost that would have been required to provide the necessary utility and safety services. Shortly thereafter, Dallas also refused a request for annexation on similar grounds.

The violent crime per 100K people in University Park comes in at 310 and the property crime per capita is 1,274 for 2020.

Far North Dallas is the section of the city of Dallas, Texas which extends north of the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway. Far North Dallas is part of North Dallas, however is viewed as a distinct area. The area has strong social and economic ties to two inner suburbs of Dallas, Richardson and Addison.

The violent crime per 100K people in Far North comes in at 298 and the property crime per capita is 2,193 for 2020.

Bluffview is an upscale neighborhood in north Dallas, Texas. It is bounded by Lovers Lane on the south, Midway Road on the west, Northwest Highway on the north, and Inwood Road and the Devonshire neighborhood on the east.

The violent crime per 100K people in Bluffview comes in at 198 and the property crime per capita is 2,711 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in West End Historic District comes in at 486 and the property crime per capita is 1,996 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Winnetka Heights comes in at 530 and the property crime per capita is 2,393 for 2020.