What is the crime rate in Gainesville, TX?

In 2025, the Gainesville Police Department reported 39 violent crimes and 218 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 211 violent and 1,177 property crimes per 100,000 of the 18,524 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: 211
Property per 100,000: 1,177
Violent crimes: 39
Property crimes: 218

Crime reported by the Gainesville 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	59	325	328	1,805	18,167
2024	31	169	299	1,630	18,348
2025	39	211	218	1,177	18,524

Violent crimes reported went from 59 in 2023 to 39 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 328 in 2023 to 218 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.

Gainesville against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Gainesville	211	1,177
Cooke County	182	764
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 Gainesville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Gainesville	—	211	1,177
Whitesboro	14 mi	240	481
Collinsville	15 mi	48	239
Tioga	18 mi	0	379
Sanger	18 mi	96	754
Pilot Point	20 mi	106	689
Marietta	21 mi	276	1,414
Gunter	24 mi	0	191
Aubrey	25 mi	349	1,703

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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