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Safety index · Dallas · data through November 2026

Is Design District North safe?

Design District North shows a typical level of reported crime for Dallas. Its SafeRoute safety index is 50 out of 100 — 6 points below the citywide median of 56, ranking 112th of 188 Dallas neighborhoods — based on 549 incidents reported to the Dallas Police Department within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 11 months to November 2026.

50/100
Moderate
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Design District North — higher is safer. 112th of 188 Dallas neighborhoods.

DATA THROUGH NOVEMBER 2026 · 11 MONTHS OF DATA

The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Dallas — a typical Dallas neighborhood sits near 56. It ranks Design District North against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.

Most of what's reported here is property-related — vehicle crime alone is 52% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.

Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 35% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 23% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

North Stemmons FreewayIrving Boulevard neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center549 incidents reported within 1 km of the Design District North center (500 shown) · Dallas PD data through November 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the east of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Vehicle crime
284 · 52%
Other
121 · 22%
Other theft
49 · 9%
Criminal damage & arson
23 · 4%
Public order
21 · 4%
Violent crime
19 · 3%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.

Is Dallas safe at night? See which neighborhoods see the most reported crime after dark →

Walking in Design District North at night?

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Nearby areas

Common questions

Is Design District North safe at night?

Moderate overall (safety index 50/100). About 58% of severity-weighted incidents in Design District North are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.

What is the most common crime in Design District North?

Vehicle crime — 284 of 549 incidents (52%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 11 months to November 2026.

How is the Design District North safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Dallas Police Department by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last twelve months within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Dallas, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.