What is the crime rate in Alton, TX?

In 2025, the Alton Police Department reported 225 violent crimes and 163 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 929 violent and 673 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,213 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: 929
Property per 100,000: 673
Violent crimes: 225
Property crimes: 163

Crime reported by the Alton 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	148	727	254	1,248	20,357
2024	189	854	241	1,089	22,140
2025	225	929	163	673	24,213

Violent crimes reported went from 148 in 2023 to 225 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 254 in 2023 to 163 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.

Alton against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Alton	929	673
Hidalgo County	285	1,307
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 Alton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Alton	—	929	673
Palmhurst	2.3 mi	154	6,188
Palmview	5.9 mi	330	1,157
Mission	5.9 mi	134	1,164
McAllen	6.0 mi	126	1,422
Penitas	8.2 mi	30	697
Edinburg	9.9 mi	213	1,489
La Joya	10 mi	170	434
Pharr	11 mi	214	1,086

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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