What is the crime rate in Harlingen, TX?

In 2025, the Harlingen Police Department reported 167 violent crimes and 1,662 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 231 violent and 2,299 property crimes per 100,000 of the 72,282 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: 231
Property per 100,000: 2,299
Violent crimes: 167
Property crimes: 1,662

Crime reported by the Harlingen 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	227	317	2,007	2,804	71,581
2024	192	269	1,974	2,765	71,388
2025	167	231	1,662	2,299	72,282

Violent crimes reported went from 227 in 2023 to 167 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,007 in 2023 to 1,662 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.

Harlingen against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Harlingen	231	2,299
Cameron County	331	1,577
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 Harlingen, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Harlingen	—	231	2,299
Palm Valley	3.6 mi	0	448
Primera	4.0 mi	218	510
Combes	4.2 mi	213	882
San Benito	5.4 mi	203	2,488
Rio Hondo	7.8 mi	377	795
La Feria	8.3 mi	367	1,554
Mercedes	14 mi	341	1,819
Rancho Viejo	14 mi	35	209

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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