What is the crime rate in Abilene, TX?

In 2025, the Abilene Police Department reported 602 violent crimes and 2,186 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 457 violent and 1,658 property crimes per 100,000 of the 131,854 residents it serves.

Across Texas the rates were 348 and 1,809.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 457
Property per 100,000: 1,658
Violent crimes: 602
Property crimes: 2,186

Crime reported by the Abilene Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	574	447	2,227	1,735	128,387
2024	555	426	2,309	1,772	130,275
2025	602	457	2,186	1,658	131,854

Violent crimes reported went from 574 in 2023 to 602 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,227 in 2023 to 2,186 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Abilene against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Abilene	457	1,658
Texas	348	1,809
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Abilene, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Abilene	—	457	1,658
Tye	7.5 mi	159	796
Clyde	14 mi	170	949
Merkel	16 mi	80	762
Anson	23 mi	157	510
Winters	37 mi	309	398
Hamlin	38 mi	265	848
Sweetwater	39 mi	485	1,278

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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