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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Red Oak, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Red Oak, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Red Oak. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Red Oak, TX safe?
Red Oak, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 56 out of 100, grade C, above the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 39% 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
- 56 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 39%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 8%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 16
How Red Oak compares
Red Oak scores 3 points above the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Red Oak lies in Ellis County, which has a county Safety Score of 95, grade A.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Red Oak.
Neighborhoods inside Red Oak
16 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Red Oak, 6 of them mostly inside it. Among those 6, the lowest scores 19, the highest 81, and the middle 80% range from 32 to 81.
ZIP codes where Red Oak residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Red Oak'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
- Glenn Heights Safety Score 61 · grade B · 3.4 miles
- Lancaster Safety Score 54 · grade C · 5.8 miles
- DeSoto Safety Score 59 · grade C · 6.0 miles
- Waxahachie Safety Score 45 · grade C · 8.1 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 Red Oak
Red Oak has an estimated 19,365 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 15.4 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 16 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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