CrimeMetric

Crime in Texas

Major crime across Texas is 12% above the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 15% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.2% from a year earlier. Of the 6 places below, 5 are more than 5% above the statewide rate.

Major crime
112
12% above the U.S. rate
down 9.2% in a year
Persons crimes
100
about the U.S. rate
down 8.9% in a year
Property crimes
115
15% above the U.S. rate
down 9.3% in a year
Social disorder
107
7% above the U.S. rate
down 7.7% in a year
Cities and places

Larger places in Texas, against the U.S. and the state

Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.

PlaceIndexAgainst Texas
Houston2782.5 times
San Antonio2412.1 times
Dallas2081.9 times
Fort Worth13217% higher
Austin1851.7 times
El Paso8326% lower

The largest places in Texas that we publish so far, largest first. More are added in batches.

Crime by type

Theft from vehicle is highest, at 1.5 times the U.S. rate

Every block group in Texas, including towns and unincorporated areas, against the U.S. rate per resident.

Persons crimes

Rape / sexual assault132
Murder104
Aggravated assault97
Robbery96

Property crimes

Theft from vehicle154
Burglary127
Motor vehicle theft121
Other larceny105
Shoplifting88

Social disorder

Simple assault112
Drugs and alcohol108
Disorderly conduct107
Trespassing107
Intimidation106
Vandalism99
Weapons violations88

How crime varies across Texas

Share of Texas residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.

  • 0–5041.0%
  • 50–10028.8%
  • 100–20017.9%
  • 200–4008.3%
  • 400+4.0%

99.5% of Texas residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI. Data sources

18,638 block groups and 32,322,475 residents. How the estimates are made