Is Aubrey, Texas Safe? Safest Neighborhoods & Other Stats (2026)

How Aubrey's Crime Rates Stack Up

Aubrey's numbers sit comfortably below both state and national averages across the board. The city carries a violent crime rate of 1.91 per 1,000 residents — compared with a state average of 4 per 1,000 and a national average of 3.7 per 1,000. On property crime, Aubrey posts a property crime rate of 10.67 per 1,000 residents, against a Texas state figure of 20.7 per 1,000 and a national figure of 18.4 per 1,000. Both comparisons use the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Crime Known to Law Enforcement, 2024 (tables 2 and 3) — the same reporting series — so the gap between Aubrey and the benchmarks reflects genuine differences, not a methodological mismatch.

The table that follows this section shows those comparisons at a glance. What it cannot show is the absolute count behind the rates: 15 reported violent crimes across the entire city in 2024, and 84 property crimes. For a city of 9,066, that translates to a crime environment most suburban buyers from larger metros would find noticeably calmer.

Property crime is the category to take seriously. Burglary and vehicle theft make up the bulk of what gets reported, which is consistent with a fast-growing suburb that still has stretches of lower-density development and newer construction where routines are less established. Violent crime — assault in particular — remains low enough that it is genuinely not the defining safety story here.

For full neighborhood-level context and how specific subdivisions compare, the best neighborhoods page covers the geographic character of each area in more detail.

The Aubrey Police Department: Scope, Standards, and Accreditation

The Aubrey Police Department is a full-service agency that has grown alongside the city, covering not just Aubrey proper but a 42-square-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction that includes the Town of Providence Village and the master-planned subdivisions of Silverado, Sandbrock Ranch, Aspen Meadows, and Winn Ridge. Patrol presence is visible across the city, and the department has made a deliberate effort to staff proportionally as new subdivisions have come online.

That jurisdictional reach matters when you're evaluating specific neighborhoods. If you're considering a home in Sandbrock Ranch or Silverado, you're not in a coverage gap — the Aubrey Police Department is the agency of record for those areas, and the same response standards apply.

In February 2021, the department earned accreditation from the Texas Police Chiefs Association Law Enforcement Recognition Program, becoming the 167th agency in Texas to hold that designation. Accreditation from the Texas Police Chiefs Association signals that the department has met defined standards for policies, training, and professional practices — it is an external validation, not a self-assessment.

The department also runs a text-based citizen satisfaction program that allows residents to give feedback after non-life-threatening officer interactions. That kind of transparency infrastructure matters in a city growing this quickly, where many residents are new and establishing trust with local institutions from scratch.

Community policing initiatives and a Neighborhood Watch program round out the department's outreach work. In a city where most of the residential fabric is newer master-planned development, an active Neighborhood Watch is one of the more practical safety tools available to residents who want to take an active role.

Aubrey ISD also operates its own separate police department, providing a dedicated law-enforcement presence on school campuses across the district — a distinct layer of safety infrastructure that is increasingly standard in Texas and worth noting for families with school-age children. For more on the district itself, see the schools page.

Growth, Pressure, and the Safety Infrastructure Question

Aubrey's 81% population increase since 2020 is real, and it is not happening in isolation. Denton County as a whole ranks among the fastest-growing counties in the United States, and that regional expansion puts pressure on everything: roads, schools, utilities, and public safety staffing.

The honest question for anyone evaluating Aubrey's safety picture is whether the department can sustain its current performance as the city continues adding residents and housing. The patrol presence looks reasonable today; whether it scales proportionally is worth watching over the next few years, particularly as newer subdivisions west of Historic Downtown Aubrey fill in.

What the growth context does NOT mean is that crime has risen commensurately. The current rates reflect the city as it stands now, and the pattern is consistent with what tends to happen in fast-growing suburban markets: property crime, especially vehicle theft and opportunistic burglary, tends to tick upward as populations shift and routines in new neighborhoods are not yet well-established. Violent crime does not follow the same trajectory in communities with Aubrey's demographic and income profile.

One practical implication of rapid growth is that some streets and subdivisions are newer than others, with varying levels of lighting, foot traffic, and established neighborhood density. Newer phases of development on the edges of master-planned communities tend to have fewer eyes on the street simply because fewer residents have moved in yet. That is not a crime statistic — it is a practical observation about what it feels like to be in a half-built neighborhood versus a settled one.

What the Numbers Mean Neighborhood by Neighborhood

State and national figures — Bureau of Justice Statistics, Crime Known to Law Enforcement, 2024 (tables 2 and 3). City figures — AreaVibes, based on FBI Uniform Crime Report data, 2024. City rates come from a different reporting series than the state and national benchmarks, so read the comparison as a direction, not a precise multiple.

Aubrey's city-wide crime rate is the number you can verify. What you cannot do — and what no honest source should do — is assign precise crime rates to individual subdivisions like Paloma Creek, Cross Oak Ranch, or ArrowBrooke. The data is not gathered or reported at that level of granularity, and any site claiming otherwise is extrapolating in ways the underlying FBI data does not support.

What is clear is the jurisdictional picture. Silverado, Sandbrock Ranch, Aspen Meadows, and Winn Ridge all fall under Aubrey Police Department coverage. Cross Oak Ranch, Paloma Creek, Highpointe Ranch, and ArrowBrooke are within or adjacent to city and ETJ boundaries where coverage should be confirmed directly — especially for newer development phases where annexation status can still be in flux.

The most useful safety research you can do before choosing a specific neighborhood is practical rather than statistical. Talk to current residents in the subdivision you're considering. Ask about whether the Neighborhood Watch is active. Notice whether the streets are lit, whether there are established park and trail connections that bring foot traffic, and whether the community has the feel of a settled neighborhood or an active construction zone.

Property crime is the category where neighborhood character matters most. A well-lit street in an established phase of Sandbrock Ranch, where residents know their neighbors and watch activity around parked cars, is a meaningfully different environment from the outer edges of a subdivision where the amenity center hasn't opened yet and the streets are quieter by default. Neither is dangerous in an absolute sense — but the practical texture differs.

For a fuller picture of how Aubrey's neighborhoods compare on character, housing type, and who tends to land where, the best neighborhoods guide walks through each community in detail.

Practical Safety Tips for Life in Aubrey

The biggest safety adjustment for people moving to Aubrey from denser cities is almost always about property crime habits rather than personal safety anxiety. Vehicle theft and burglary are the categories that show up most in the data, and both are largely preventable with consistent habits that many people let slide when they feel comfortable in a new suburb.

Lock your car. Every time. In every driveway. This sounds obvious, and it is — but opportunistic vehicle theft in fast-growing suburban corridors is disproportionately crimes of convenience against unlocked cars. Residents who have been here a few years will tell you the same thing: the incidents that do happen in subdivisions like these are almost never random violence, they are someone trying door handles at 2 a.m.

If you have a garage, use it for your car rather than as storage overflow. Homes with vehicles consistently parked in driveways present a higher target profile than those where the car is behind a closed door. Again, this is not a reflection of serious crime risk in Aubrey — it is the same practical advice that applies to any growing suburb where property crime makes up most of the crime picture.

The Neighborhood Watch program is worth joining early. In newer master-planned developments, the watch groups are often organized through subdivision HOA channels and NextDoor networks. Being plugged in means you hear about incidents quickly, which is both practically useful and tends to create the community familiarity that makes opportunistic crime less likely in the first place.

Aubrey ISD's campus police department adds a dedicated layer of security for families with kids in the district. For those coming from districts without dedicated campus law enforcement, that is a substantive difference worth noting — not a marketing point, but a real operational commitment that affects how incidents on school grounds are handled.

One thing newcomers consistently underestimate is how much the growth itself shapes the safety feel of the city. Six months in, most people report that Aubrey feels considerably more settled and community-oriented than it looked on paper — the social fabric of a master-planned community forms faster than most expect, and neighbors who moved in within a year of each other tend to form strong block-level networks quickly. That community density is itself a form of safety infrastructure that the crime rate alone does not fully capture.

Quick Takeaways & FAQs

✅ Aubrey carries a violent crime rate of 1.91 per 1,000 residents — roughly half the Texas state average — making it among the safer communities in the DFW Metroplex.

⚠️ Property crime — particularly vehicle theft and burglary — is the primary concern in a fast-growing suburb like Aubrey, not violent crime.

📍 The Aubrey Police Department covers a 42-square-mile jurisdiction that includes Silverado, Sandbrock Ranch, Aspen Meadows, and Winn Ridge — meaning those subdivisions are not in a coverage gap.

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