Denton Crime Map
Texas · October 2019 · updated 2026-11-12
| October 2019 | 834 incidents |
|---|---|
| 2018 (full year) | 9,155 incidents |
| Full archive | 92,061 incidents (2010–2019) |
| Per 100K / year | 5,515 |
Source: Denton Police Department open data. ⚠ feed frozen since 2019-11-05
About crime in Denton
Latest available snapshot. Denton has 834 incidents for October 2019. Counts reflect the source coverage published for this city.
Year-over-year context
Denton recorded 8,797 incidents in 2017 and 9,155 in 2018, a 4.1% increase. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
2018 category breakdown
| Other | 2,733 |
| Theft | 1,644 |
| Assault | 1,226 |
| Theft from vehicle | 1,023 |
| Fraud | 976 |
| Vandalism | 686 |
| Burglary | 399 |
| Auto theft | 221 |
Across 2010–2019, the current archive contains 92,061 incidents for Denton. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Denton crime overview
Essay updated 2026-10-13 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Denton police reported 9,155 incidents in 2018. Other was the largest category with 2,733 incidents, or 29.9% of the total, followed by Theft with 1,644 and Assault with 1,226. The 2018 total was up 4.1% from 8,797 incidents in 2017. Violent-category incidents totaled 1,473. Data are current through November 2019 and cover 12 months of 2018. Within Other, Other crime accounted for 1,435 incidents, Drugs for 702 and Impaired & dangerous driving for 389.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps map for Denton, Texas, visualizes police-reported incidents published in open data from the Denton Police Department. Each point reflects an incident record, grouped by category such as Theft, Assault and Theft from vehicle. The current display covers calendar year 2018, which recorded 9,155 police-reported incidents. Data in the archive extends through November 2019.
For 2018, Denton recorded 5,515.1 reported incidents per 100,000 residents, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 165,998 for the city. The violent-category total, covering assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, was 1,473 incidents, or 16.1% of the yearly total, equal to 887.4 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents. These are rates of police-reported incidents, not a measure of personal risk. All figures describe that 12-month period.
Recent trend
Denton recorded 9,155 incidents in 2018, a 4.1% increase from 8,797 in 2017, based on two consecutive complete calendar years. The run of complete years from 2010 through 2018 shows movement up and down, with 9,771 incidents in 2012 and 9,103 incidents in 2015. Counts eased to 8,942 in 2016 before reaching 8,797 in 2017, then moved up again in 2018. The archive also includes 2019 with 11 months of reported data, which is not directly compared with full calendar years.
Category breakdown
Other was the most reported category in 2018 with 2,733 incidents, or 29.9% of the total, followed by Theft with 1,644 incidents, or 18%, and Assault with 1,226 incidents, or 13.4%. Theft from vehicle added 1,023 incidents, or 11.2%, while Fraud recorded 976 incidents, or 10.7%, and Vandalism recorded 686 incidents, or 7.5%. The Other group mainly reflects Other crime with 1,435 incidents, Drugs with 702 incidents, and Impaired & dangerous driving with 389 incidents, plus smaller numbers of Threats and Weapons offenses.
What this means
What stands out in Denton's 2018 data is how the total of 9,155 was split. Other was the largest group at 2,733 incidents, or 29.9%, ahead of Theft at 1,644, or 18%, and Assault at 1,226, or 13.4%. Theft from vehicle added 1,023 incidents, or 11.2%. The 2018 total was above the 8,797 recorded in 2017 but below the 9,771 recorded in 2012, leaving 2018 between those two complete-year marks rather than at an extreme.
FAQ
How many incidents were reported in Denton in 2018?
Denton had 9,155 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2018. That equals 5,515.1 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2018, calculated using the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 165,998. Violent-category incidents totaled 1,473 in 2018, or 16.1% of the yearly total.
What type of crime was most commonly reported in Denton in 2018?
Other was the largest category in 2018 with 2,733 incidents, or 29.9% of the 9,155 total. In 2018, that Other group included Other crime with 1,435 reports, Drugs with 702, Impaired & dangerous driving with 389, Threats with 149, and Weapons offenses with 58. Theft was the next largest specific category with 1,644 reports.
Did reported incidents in Denton go up or down between 2017 and 2018?
Reported incidents rose between the two consecutive complete calendar years. Denton recorded 8,797 incidents in 2017 and 9,155 incidents in 2018, an increase of 4.1%. The year series shows 2018 followed declines from 9,771 in 2012 through 8,797 in 2017, while 2019 shows 8,571 incidents across 11 months and is not directly comparable.
Which Denton neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2018?
This 2018 summary does not rank named neighborhoods by incidents, so no neighborhood-level comparison is provided for 2018. The citywide figures for 2018 are 9,155 total incidents, including 1,644 Theft reports, 1,226 Assault reports, and 1,023 Theft from vehicle reports. Assault accounted for 13.4% of the yearly total.
Where does the Denton crime data come from?
The figures on this page come from the Denton Police Department, listed as the upstream open-data source for Denton. The 2018 totals, including 9,155 incidents and category counts such as 976 Fraud reports and 686 Vandalism reports, reflect that department's police-reported incidents in calendar year 2018.
How current is the Denton crime data?
The archive on this page runs from 2010 through 2019, with data through November 2019. The 2018 page period is a complete calendar year with 12 months of data and 9,155 incidents. The all-years archive total is 92,061 incidents from 2010 to 2019, which is separate from the 2018 yearly headline.
Explore Denton
By category
- Denton Assault (10,604)
- Denton Sexual assault (1,294)
- Denton Robbery (713)
- Denton Homicide (23)
- Denton Burglary (4,731)
- Denton Auto theft (1,667)
- Denton Theft from vehicle (8,339)
- Denton Theft (16,879)
- Denton Vandalism (7,208)
- Denton Fraud (9,424)
- Denton Other (31,179)
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