Dallas Crime
A May 19 shooting at District 13’s Preston Center left a security guard dead less than three weeks after a massacre at Allen Premium Outlets that killed eight and injured seven. While North Texans have long been aware that car break-ins frequently occur in shopping center parking lots and garages, there’s a bigger public safety…
Dallas City Council District 6 has the second-highest crime rate among Dallas’ 14 districts, runner-up only to District 2’s Deep Ellum and Old East Dallas. Councilman Omar Narvaez, first elected in 2017, has deep family roots of more than 90 years in the area that covers Ledbetter, La Loma, and Bachman Lake. He rents his…
Dallas City Council District 5 doesn’t make a lot of headlines — good or bad. The area of Southeast Dallas represented by Pleasant Grove native Jaime Resendez, has the second-lowest crime rate of the 14 council districts. Residents in District 5 have expressed concerns about vehicle theft, vandalism, and car parts theft, compounded by complaints…
A slight 0.28 percent decrease in Dallas City Council District 4 crime over the past year isn’t substantial and could change tomorrow, but it doesn’t mean South Oak Cliff is without challenges when it comes to public safety. The glaring issues in District 4 include decaying infrastructure, poverty, and neighborhoods that have been underserved for…
Many residents who live along the Garland Road corridor and near White Rock Lake in Dallas City Council District 9 have lived there for decades and love their neighborhoods. They host neighborhood block parties and are thoroughly engaged in local zoning and development matters. They don’t talk a lot about crime, and for good reason:…
