What is the crime rate in Houston, TX?

In 2025, the Houston Police Department reported 21,423 violent crimes and 92,616 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 888 violent and 3,837 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,413,559 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: 888
Property per 100,000: 3,837
Violent crimes: 21,423
Property crimes: 92,616

Crime reported by the Houston 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	25,529	1,108	104,888	4,552	2,304,406
2024	26,807	1,156	100,378	4,328	2,319,160
2025	21,423	888	92,616	3,837	2,413,559

Violent crimes reported went from 25,529 in 2023 to 21,423 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 104,888 in 2023 to 92,616 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.

Houston against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Houston	888	3,837
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 Houston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Houston	—	888	3,837
West University Place	5.5 mi	33	1,060
Southside Place	6.0 mi	0	1,193
Spring Valley Village	6.9 mi	90	1,420
Bellaire	7.1 mi	137	2,605
Hedwig Village	7.8 mi	419	3,977
Jacinto City	9.0 mi	117	2,639
Galena Park	9.7 mi	164	944
South Houston	13 mi	520	2,026

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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