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Safety index · Dallas · data through November 2026

Is Uptown Dallas safe?

Uptown records a high level of reported crime for Dallas. Its SafeRoute safety index is 25 out of 100 — 31 points below the citywide median of 56, ranking 178th of 188 Dallas neighborhoods — based on 1,649 incidents reported to the Dallas Police Department within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 11 months to November 2026.

25/100
Elevated
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Uptown — higher is safer. 178th 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 Uptown 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 44% 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 17% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

North Central ExpresswayLemmon Avenue neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center1,649 incidents reported within 1 km of the Uptown center (500 shown) · Dallas PD data through November 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the south-east of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Vehicle crime
718 · 44%
Other
414 · 25%
Other theft
165 · 10%
Public order
81 · 5%
Shoplifting
69 · 4%
Criminal damage & arson
66 · 4%

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 Uptown 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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Nearby areas

Common questions

Is Uptown safe at night?

Elevated overall (safety index 25/100). About 52% of severity-weighted incidents in Uptown 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 Uptown?

Vehicle crime — 718 of 1,649 incidents (44%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 11 months to November 2026.

How is the Uptown 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.