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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Lancaster, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Lancaster, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Lancaster. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Lancaster, TX safe?
Lancaster, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 54 out of 100, grade C, above the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 40% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 54 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 40%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 23%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 26
How Lancaster compares
Lancaster scores 1 point above the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Lancaster lies in Dallas County, which has a county Safety Score of 33, grade D.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Lancaster.
Neighborhoods inside Lancaster
26 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Lancaster, 20 of them mostly inside it. Among those 20, the lowest scores 5, the highest 92, and the middle 80% range from 12 to 92.
ZIP codes where Lancaster residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Lancaster's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Texas
- DeSoto Safety Score 59 · grade C · 4.5 miles
- Glenn Heights Safety Score 61 · grade B · 5.3 miles
- Red Oak Safety Score 56 · grade C · 5.8 miles
- Duncanville Safety Score 67 · grade B · 7.8 miles
- Cedar Hill Safety Score 65 · grade B · 9.2 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Lancaster
Lancaster has an estimated 40,780 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 33.1 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 26 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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