CrimeMetric

Crime in Marlin, Texas

Major crime in Marlin is 44% below the U.S. rate per resident: 19% lower for persons crimes and 50% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.3% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
56
44% below the U.S. rate
50% below the Texas rate
down 9.3% in a year
Persons crimes
81
19% below the U.S. rate
19% below the Texas rate
down 4.6% in a year
Property crimes
50
50% below the U.S. rate
56% below the Texas rate
down 10.9% in a year
Social disorder
72
28% below the U.S. rate
32% below the Texas rate
down 6.2% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Burglary stands out most, at 1.6 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Marlin for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Marlin

Marlin is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 46; the middle half of residents live where it is between 42 and 66.

Map of Marlin, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5069.6%
  • 50–10021.0%
  • 100–2009.3%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm56
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am50
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm65
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am58
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 9.3% in a year; across Texas it fell 9.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-9.3%TX -9.2%-12.8%TX -8.6%
Persons crimes-4.6%TX -8.9%+2.0%TX +2.5%
Property crimes-10.9%TX -9.3%-18.1%TX -10.7%
Social disorder-6.2%TX -7.7%-5.2%TX -2.0%

Change in expected crimes, with Texas as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Marlin against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,225 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Marlin; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Marlin has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Robinson (18 mi), is 8% below Marlin's rate.

Bellmead23 mi163
Waco23 mi127
Groesbeck26 mi68
Marlin56
Woodway24 mi54
McGregor32 mi53
Robinson18 mi51
Hewitt21 mi43

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Marlin

What are the most common crimes in Marlin?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are burglary (about 16 a year), other larceny (about 11 a year) and aggravated assault (about 11 a year). Compared with the U.S., burglary stands out most: 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Marlin's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Marlin has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 5,849. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Marlin, Texas." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/tx/marlin

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100