What is the crime rate in Gatesville, TX?

In 2025, the Gatesville Police Department reported 23 violent crimes and 112 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 140 violent and 681 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,456 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: 140
Property per 100,000: 681
Violent crimes: 23
Property crimes: 112

Crime reported by the Gatesville 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	28	173	179	1,103	16,230
2024	25	155	145	898	16,153
2025	23	140	112	681	16,456

Violent crimes reported went from 28 in 2023 to 23 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 179 in 2023 to 112 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.

Gatesville against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Gatesville	140	681
Coryell County	165	713
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 Gatesville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Gatesville	—	140	681
Valley Mills	22 mi	76	228
Copperas Cove	24 mi	280	1,171
Killeen	25 mi	498	1,643
Clifton	26 mi	28	169
Morgan's Point Resort	26 mi	21	541
Nolanville	27 mi	135	663
Harker Heights	27 mi	120	1,249
Kempner	28 mi	0	0

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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