Is Irving Safe? Crime Rates & Safety Report

Irving, Texas, is a suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and sits just east of DFW airport.

This location is ideal for visitors on business and pleasure trips, and the city itself offers so much that you might forget to visit the anchor cities.

Irving also has a “city within a city,” with the Las Colinas master-planned community right in the center.

Conventions, business travelers, and tourists will find all the necessary amenities.

The city of more than 256,000 is a visitor’s dream come true, with a safe option right outside the airport.

Here you’ll find a beautiful canal walk, museums with interests for the whole family, and a unique dining and shopping experience.

It has a suburban feel, but there’s nothing boring about this place.

This is no cookie-cutter community.

It was designed with people like you in mind.

Activities are available day and night in one of the safer parts of the Metroplex.

Whatever your plans are in the Metroplex, this is a convenient location with plenty of ways to get around and easy access to some of the top attractions.

Warnings & Dangers in Irving

Safest Places to Visit in Irving

Las Colinas is the urban center of an already mid-sized city.

This is a mixed-use community with some homes, condos, skyscrapers, and charming districts.

You can eat your way through several cultures here, but don’t miss a chance to try some amazing TexMex in Irving.

From street tacos to fine dining at Via Real, you have plenty of options.

There are lakes, parks, and several entertainment stages, so check the local schedule when you arrive.

The Mandalay Canals wind through Las Colinas, and you can take a gondola ride if you want a unique experience or just want to give your feet a rest.

You can also rent standup paddleboards here or take a boat cruise on Lake Carolyn.

Water trikes are also available for rent, and those are the things that look like GIANT tricycles from when you were a kid but float on the water while you pedal your way around.

The Heritage Crossing District is the historic section of town along Main Street and comes with plenty of museums and artwork to explore.

Start at the Heritage House to learn about the founding fathers of this city.

The Jakie Townsell Bear Creek Heritage Center teaches about the lives of African Americans freed from slavery who found a home here.

At the Ruth Paine Museum, you’ll be able to walk through the house where President Kennedy’s assassin stayed the night before.

You have plenty of unique dining options here, including Glory House, where a lunch buffet is open five days a week.

Water Street is where you’ll go to take the DART line to Dallas but explore here a little bit if you can.

Set on the shores of Lake Carolyn, you can explore gardens, unique shopping stores, and community festivals.

One of the “must-see” attractions in Irving is the “Mustangs of Las Colinas.”

It’s the largest equestrian sculpture in the country and the world.

You can sign the guest book and learn the story behind this amazing piece of artwork.

Places to Avoid in Irving

Irving is very well laid out, and there’s little risk of you getting lost in a dangerous neighborhood.

This is a safe community overall, but there are clear lines between tourist locations and suburban areas.

If you need any last-minute items or more local services, the Irving Mall is a great place to go to get new shoes or anything else you need.

Irving has an extensive park trail system, and you want to avoid this if thunderstorms are in the forecast.

The storms here can get very bad, and you don’t want to be caught outdoors with storms approaching.

You might think, because you are in Texas, that there are cowboys everywhere.

There aren’t.

If you want to get a real dose of cowboy and cattle drives, nearby Fort Worth is the place for you, with cattle running daily through the streets.

That sounds a little ominous, right?

I should clarify that the Fort Worth cattle drives are a tourist attraction and very safe for visitors.

Safety Tips for Traveling to Irving

So... How Safe Is Irving Really?

In many metro areas, the area right outside an airport can be one of the more dangerous parts of town.

This doesn’t hold in Irving.

It is largely safe and designed to be welcoming but with crime prevention features and good community and police partnerships.

No community is immune from violence.

Over Labor Day weekend, a shooting happened inside the Irving Mall.

A fight between two people who knew each other led to gunshots.

Nobody was hurt, not even the man who was the target of the shooting.

The mall was evacuated, and the overwhelming feedback from people was how shocking the shooting was since this area is not known as being violent.

The violent crime rate is 24% lower than the national average, but 48% of those crimes were against strangers, and 32% of them were on the street or in parking garages or lots.

There’s a rash of violent crime happening across America, with gun and drug crimes on the rise.

Irving has been able to keep away from that reputation.

You should know that leaving Irving could drastically change the risk rate one way or the other, so review our other articles about cities in the Metroplex.

How Does Irving Compare?

City	Safety Index
Irving	79
Snowshoe	81
Muskogee	54
Derry	79
Texarkana	55
Statesville	78
Fort Walton Beach	84
Munich	85
Zaragoza	79
Bangalore	54
Dresden	75
Budapest	76
Dhaka	32

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Irving Weather Averages (Temperatures)

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Texas - Safety by City

City	Safety Index
Abilene	67
Amarillo	65
Austin	65
Beaumont	51
Brownsville	68
Carrollton	72
Corpus Christi	71
Dallas	64
Del Rio	68
Dell City	81
Denton	72
El Paso	77
Fort Davis	80
Fort Worth	77
Fredericksburg	85
Frisco	84
Garland	83
Granbury	74
Grand Prairie	72
Gruene	82
Harlingen	75
Houston	59
Irving	79
Laredo	68
Lewisville	80
Llano	83
Lubbock	38
Luckenbach	77
Marathon	78
Marfa	80
McAllen	74
McKinney	84
Mesquite	52
Midland	78
Nacogdoches	78
New Braunfels	83
Plano	86
Port Aransas	83
Richardson	81
San Angelo	83
San Antonio	53
Schulenburg	83
Sherman	73
Smithville	84
South Padre Island	70
Tyler	70
Waco	61
Waxahachie	83
Weslaco	68
Wichita Falls	68
Wimberley	81