Texas Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Texas displays a 41.22-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: El Paso, Texas at 58.9 points out of 100 versus Houston, Texas at 17.68.
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Texas displays 6 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 783 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 6 displayed profiles have scores.
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Texas has 4 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 2 increasing and 0 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Houston, Texas has a reporting population of 2,300,419 residents versus 678,147 in El Paso, Texas, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Texas is El Paso with an adjusted safety score of 58.9 out of 100, ranked across 6 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Texas city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 6 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso | #1 of 6 | 678,147 | 58.9 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| Fort Worth | #2 of 6 | 941,311 | 37.85 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Austin | #3 of 6 | 967,862 | 25.35 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| San Antonio | #4 of 6 | 1,458,954 | 22.01 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Dallas | #5 of 6 | 1,299,553 | 20.79 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Houston | #6 of 6 | 2,300,419 | 17.68 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 6 jurisdictions listed above.
Texas in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Motor vehicle theft -24% (187,235 to 141,966), robbery -18%, burglary -12%, homicide -12%, aggravated assault -11%, larceny-theft -8%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 1,240,181 of 2,631,199 reports (47.1%); larceny-theft alone is 722,451 (27.5%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 68% of homicides cleared vs 10% of motor vehicle thefts and 11% of burglaries (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 2,900 reports in 2025 vs 3,292 in 2024 (-12%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (459,621) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (205,392, 7.8% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in May (63,719) and troughed in Feb (55,192), a 1.2× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 570 of 1,034 agencies reported motor vehicle theft in December 2025 (vs 571 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 1,034 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Texas monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
→ Stable, 722451 reports vs 788811 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 61,241 | 571 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 55,192 | 571 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 60,996 | 572 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 61,650 | 571 | Full |
| May 2025 | 63,719 | 571 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 60,947 | 573 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 62,196 | 572 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 61,283 | 573 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 58,417 | 570 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 60,946 | 571 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 56,360 | 570 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 59,504 | 572 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 459621 reports vs 475413 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 35,220 | 593 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 33,166 | 593 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 38,715 | 594 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 39,699 | 593 | Full |
| May 2025 | 42,125 | 592 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 36,905 | 593 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 37,014 | 593 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 40,575 | 593 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 39,763 | 591 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 40,305 | 591 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 38,734 | 592 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 37,400 | 592 | Full |
Vandalism, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 259489 reports vs 298141 in 2024 (down 13% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 21,203 | 639 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 18,613 | 638 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 23,307 | 639 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 23,143 | 638 | Full |
| May 2025 | 24,336 | 638 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 22,671 | 640 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 22,756 | 640 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 21,852 | 640 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 20,266 | 638 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 21,580 | 638 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 19,604 | 639 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 20,158 | 638 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
68% of homicides cleared vs 10% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2,900 | 1,983 | 68.4% |
| Aggravated Assault | 137,124 | 59,069 | 43.1% |
| Robbery | 30,887 | 8,660 | 28.0% |
| Burglary | 139,498 | 14,919 | 10.7% |
| Larceny-theft | 722,451 | 84,735 | 11.7% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 141,966 | 13,716 | 9.7% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Texas city reports
- El Paso safety report: #1 of 6, population 678,147, score 58.9, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- Fort Worth safety report: #2 of 6, population 941,311, score 37.85, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Austin safety report: #3 of 6, population 967,862, score 25.35, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- San Antonio safety report: #4 of 6, population 1,458,954, score 22.01, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Dallas safety report: #5 of 6, population 1,299,553, score 20.79, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Houston safety report: #6 of 6, population 2,300,419, score 17.68, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Texas reporting agencies recorded 63,719 larceny-theft offenses in May 2025 versus 55,192 in Feb 2025, a difference of 8,527 reports; 571 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 571 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 722,451 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Texas reporting agencies recorded 42,125 simple assault offenses in May 2025 versus 33,166 in Feb 2025, a difference of 8,959 reports; 592 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 593 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 459,621 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Texas reporting agencies recorded 24,336 vandalism offenses in May 2025 versus 18,613 in Feb 2025, a difference of 5,723 reports; 638 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 638 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 259,489 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Texas reporting agencies recorded 1,983 cleared homicide offenses against 2,900 reports received in 2025 (68.4%), compared with 13,716 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 141,966 reports (9.7%), a 58.7-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
El Paso, Texas records 58.9 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 28.47 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 30.43; its reporting population of 678,147 residents accounts for 8.9% of the 7,646,246 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Houston, Texas records 17.68 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 12.75 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 30.43; its reporting population of 2,300,419 residents accounts for 30.1% of the 7,646,246 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Dallas, Texas records 20.79 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 9.64 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 30.43; its reporting population of 1,299,553 residents accounts for 17.0% of the 7,646,246 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Texas reporting-agency sums contain 722,451 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 788,811 in 2024, 66,360 reports (8.4%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 555 to 573 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Texas reporting-agency sums contain 459,621 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 475,413 in 2024, 15,792 reports (3.3%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 578 to 594 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Texas reporting-agency sums contain 259,489 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 298,141 in 2024, 38,652 reports (13.0%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 623 to 640 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Texas directory
The scoring run contains 783 reportable jurisdictions in Texas. This public directory displays the 6 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, El Paso has the highest adjusted score at 58.9, and Houston has the lowest at 17.68. The public-cohort range is 41.22 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 4 decreasing, 0 stable, and 2 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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