Frisco ranks safest in U.S. for nighttime residential safety

Frisco ranked first in the United States for nighttime residential safety, posting the lowest overnight burglary rate among 100 of the nation’s largest cities. The city’s rate came in at just 5.9 burglaries per 100,000 residents, a narrow but meaningful measure of how safe homes feel after dark.

The ranking matters because it focuses on a crime that lands directly in living rooms, bedrooms and family routines. Vivint’s analysis combined Federal Bureau of Investigation overnight residential burglary data with a survey of 1,000 Americans to examine how safety varies across the country and how people protect their homes after dark. That makes the result more specific than a broad crime ranking, but no less important for homeowners who lock up at night and expect the neighborhood to hold.

For Frisco, the headline fits a city that continues to grow while trying to preserve its reputation for safety. U.S. Census Bureau estimates put Frisco’s population at 235,208 on July 1, 2024, and 236,955 on July 1, 2025. The City of Frisco says its police department works to reduce crime and the fear of crime and provide a safe environment for everyone, while its Neighborhood Watch program is described as citizen-driven crime prevention in which neighbors work with neighbors to reduce crime and the risk of being victimized.

The department also says all arrest and incident report information has been available through its Crime Map since April 1, 2019, and that its vision includes collaborative partnerships, innovation and the effective use of technology. Those tools matter in a city that keeps adding rooftops, schools and retail corridors, because overnight safety depends on more than a single headline. It depends on home lighting, locked doors, alert neighbors and a police force that can spot patterns before they spread.

Frisco was not the only Collin County city to place well. Local Profile also noted that McKinney and Plano ranked among the safest cities in America at night. McKinney’s estimated population was 227,526 in 2024, while Plano’s reached 299,262 in 2025. McKinney Police say the FBI Uniform Crime Report is their official crime report, and Plano Police publish annual reports and transparency documents online, giving residents more ways to track trends over time.

The broader backdrop is still sobering. The FBI’s 2022 crime-in-the-nation data covered more than 11 million criminal offenses, reminding cities that burglary remains part of a larger property-crime picture even when rates fall. Frisco’s No. 1 ranking is real civic news, but its staying power will depend on whether the city can keep growth, neighborhood design and resident vigilance working together as fast as the population rises.