What is the crime rate in Belton, TX?

In 2024, the Belton Police Department reported 25 violent crimes and 506 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 97 violent and 1,955 property crimes per 100,000 of the 25,888 residents it serves.

Across Texas the rates were 398 and 2,074.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 97
Property per 100,000: 1,955
Violent crimes: 25
Property crimes: 506

Crime reported by the Belton Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	47	188	527	2,113	24,946
2024	25	97	506	1,955	25,888

Violent crimes reported went from 47 in 2023 to 25 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 527 in 2023 to 506 in 2024.

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

Belton against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Belton	97	1,955
Bell County	322	1,501
Texas	398	2,074
United States	363	1,767

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 Belton, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Belton	—	97	1,955
Temple	6.5 mi	18	89
Morgan's Point Resort	7.2 mi	21	541
Nolanville	7.6 mi	135	663
Salado	7.7 mi	0	84
Harker Heights	9.8 mi	120	1,249
Holland	12 mi	88	350
Troy	14 mi	144	547
Killeen	15 mi	498	1,643

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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