What is the crime rate in McAllen, TX?

In 2025, the McAllen Police Department reported 190 violent crimes and 2,139 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 126 violent and 1,422 property crimes per 100,000 of the 150,422 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: 126
Property per 100,000: 1,422
Violent crimes: 190
Property crimes: 2,139

Crime reported by the McAllen 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	210	144	2,842	1,951	145,684
2024	222	150	2,726	1,842	148,017
2025	190	126	2,139	1,422	150,422

Violent crimes reported went from 210 in 2023 to 190 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,842 in 2023 to 2,139 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.

McAllen against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
McAllen	126	1,422
Hidalgo County	285	1,307
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 McAllen, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
McAllen	—	126	1,422
Palmhurst	3.8 mi	154	6,188
Mission	5.1 mi	134	1,164
Pharr	5.3 mi	214	1,086
Alton	6.0 mi	929	673
San Juan	6.3 mi	166	1,110
Hidalgo	8.0 mi	129	1,034
Palmview	8.4 mi	330	1,157
Alamo	8.5 mi	654	2,929

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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