What is the crime rate in Hereford, TX?

In 2025, the Hereford Police Department reported 10 violent crimes and 73 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 67 violent and 492 property crimes per 100,000 of the 14,845 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: 67
Property per 100,000: 492
Violent crimes: 10
Property crimes: 73

Crime reported by the Hereford 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	29	197	276	1,879	14,687
2024	35	238	132	898	14,696
2025	10	67	73	492	14,845

Violent crimes reported went from 29 in 2023 to 10 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 276 in 2023 to 73 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.

Hereford against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hereford	67	492
Deaf Smith County	76	532
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 Hereford, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hereford	—	67	492
Dimmitt	20 mi	73	267
Friona	22 mi	74	0
Canyon	30 mi	95	462
Bovina	35 mi	423	242
Tulia	41 mi	161	577
Amarillo	41 mi	551	2,421
Muleshoe	45 mi	133	419
Farwell	47 mi	0	292

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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