What is the crime rate in Decatur, TX?

In 2025, the Decatur Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 114 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 160 violent and 1,306 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,727 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: 160
Property per 100,000: 1,306
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 114

Crime reported by the Decatur 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	15	200	260	3,467	7,499
2024	12	141	155	1,817	8,529
2025	14	160	114	1,306	8,727

Violent crimes reported went from 15 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 260 in 2023 to 114 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.

Decatur against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Decatur	160	1,306
Wise County	111	564
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 Decatur, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Decatur	—	160	1,306
Boyd	9.9 mi	81	81
Bridgeport	11 mi	143	744
Rhome	12 mi	299	549
Runaway Bay	17 mi	0	218
Ponder	17 mi	33	201
Springtown	19 mi	111	480
Justin	19 mi	119	655
Reno (Parker County)	19 mi	0	448

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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