What is the crime rate in Ballinger, TX?

In 2025, the Ballinger Police Department reported 5 violent crimes and 18 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 143 violent and 514 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,505 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: 143
Property per 100,000: 514
Violent crimes: 5
Property crimes: 18

Crime reported by the Ballinger 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	12	338	43	1,213	3,546
2024	6	168	22	617	3,565
2025	5	143	18	514	3,505

Violent crimes reported went from 12 in 2023 to 5 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 43 in 2023 to 18 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.

Ballinger against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Ballinger	143	514
Runnels County	165	486
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 Ballinger, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Ballinger	—	143	514
Winters	15 mi	309	398
Coleman	32 mi	98	1,252
San Angelo	36 mi	286	2,187
Santa Anna	37 mi	188	94
Bangs	49 mi	196	1,434
Tye	50 mi	159	796
Merkel	51 mi	80	762
Abilene	51 mi	457	1,658

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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