What is the crime rate in Live Oak, TX?

In 2025, the Live Oak Police Department reported 42 violent crimes and 504 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 257 violent and 3,088 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,319 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: 257
Property per 100,000: 3,088
Violent crimes: 42
Property crimes: 504

Crime reported by the Live Oak 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	27	169	727	4,538	16,020
2024	26	162	605	3,771	16,044
2025	42	257	504	3,088	16,319

Violent crimes reported went from 27 in 2023 to 42 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 727 in 2023 to 504 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.

Live Oak against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Live Oak	257	3,088
Bexar County	443	3,214
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 Live Oak, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Live Oak	—	257	3,088
Universal City	2.0 mi	167	2,039
Selma	2.6 mi	158	2,038
Converse	3.6 mi	467	1,341
Windcrest	3.7 mi	208	9,266
Schertz	5.4 mi	242	840
Garden Ridge	6.3 mi	23	497
Kirby	7.0 mi	816	1,236
Cibolo	7.4 mi	151	546

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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