What is the crime rate in Harker Heights, TX?

In 2025, the Harker Heights Police Department reported 43 violent crimes and 447 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 120 violent and 1,249 property crimes per 100,000 of the 35,790 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: 120
Property per 100,000: 1,249
Violent crimes: 43
Property crimes: 447

Crime reported by the Harker Heights 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	75	217	400	1,158	34,540
2024	47	135	347	995	34,858
2025	43	120	447	1,249	35,790

Violent crimes reported went from 75 in 2023 to 43 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 400 in 2023 to 447 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.

Harker Heights against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Harker Heights	120	1,249
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 Harker Heights, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Harker Heights	—	120	1,249
Nolanville	2.6 mi	135	663
Killeen	5.4 mi	498	1,643
Belton	9.8 mi	97	1,955
Salado	10 mi	0	84
Morgan's Point Resort	13 mi	21	541
Temple	15 mi	18	89
Copperas Cove	17 mi	280	1,171
Jarrell	17 mi	15	622

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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