What is the crime rate in Galveston, TX?

In 2025, the Galveston Police Department reported 271 violent crimes and 1,214 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 506 violent and 2,269 property crimes per 100,000 of the 53,510 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: 506
Property per 100,000: 2,269
Violent crimes: 271
Property crimes: 1,214

Crime reported by the Galveston 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	279	528	1,237	2,342	52,810
2024	287	540	1,270	2,392	53,100
2025	271	506	1,214	2,269	53,510

Violent crimes reported went from 279 in 2023 to 271 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,237 in 2023 to 1,214 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.

Galveston against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Galveston	506	2,269
Galveston County	217	1,241
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 Galveston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Galveston	—	506	2,269
Jamaica Beach	0.9 mi	0	279
Hitchcock	7.1 mi	330	1,297
Tiki Island	8.3 mi	0	0
Bayou Vista	9.8 mi	0	0
La Marque	13 mi	421	1,980
Santa Fe	16 mi	129	597
Texas City	18 mi	249	1,287
Dickinson	19 mi	141	861

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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