Safety index · Dallas · data through November 2026
Is Polk Terrace safe?
Polk Terrace records more reported crime than most Dallas neighborhoods. Its SafeRoute safety index is 47 out of 100 — 9 points below the citywide median of 56, ranking 131st of 188 Dallas neighborhoods — based on 503 incidents reported to the Dallas Police Department within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 11 months to November 2026.
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 Polk Terrace against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is vehicle crime (26% of reports); the full mix is broken down below.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 39% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 23% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Vehicle crime | 131 · 26% | |
| Other | 118 · 23% | |
| Drugs | 63 · 13% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 50 · 10% | |
| Violent crime | 44 · 9% | |
| Other theft | 34 · 7% |
When it happens
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 Polk Terrace at night?
SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same official crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Compare the routes and share your walk. Free, no account.
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Common questions
Is Polk Terrace safe at night?
Elevated overall (safety index 47/100). About 62% of severity-weighted incidents in Polk Terrace 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 Polk Terrace?
Vehicle crime — 131 of 503 incidents (26%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 11 months to November 2026.
How is the Polk Terrace 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.