Glen Rose has an overall crime rate of 8 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Glen Rose is 1 in 128. How does Glen Rose fare compared to other communities in Texas of all population sizes? Glen Rose's crime rate is lower than approximately 65% of Texas communities.

How does the crime rate in Glen Rose compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Glen Rose with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Glen Rose's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Glen Rose does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Glen Rose.

Importantly, our analysis shows that Glen Rose has one of the lowest violent crime rates in all of America, across cities and towns of all sizes. Murder, rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault happen far less frequently here than in most places. Your chance of becoming a victim? Just one in 10000. Glen Rose's violent crime rate is just 0 per 1,000 residents.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Glen Rose; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.