What is the crime rate in Princeton, TX?

In 2025, the Princeton Police Department reported 69 violent crimes and 220 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 256 violent and 815 property crimes per 100,000 of the 26,983 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: 256
Property per 100,000: 815
Violent crimes: 69
Property crimes: 220

Crime reported by the Princeton 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	58	222	156	596	26,171
2024	79	296	229	859	26,650
2025	69	256	220	815	26,983

Violent crimes reported went from 58 in 2023 to 69 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 156 in 2023 to 220 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.

Princeton against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Princeton	256	815
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 Princeton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Princeton	—	256	815
Fairview	6.7 mi	72	706
Melissa	7.7 mi	49	433
Farmersville	8.8 mi	132	2,195
McKinney	9.0 mi	115	680
Wylie	11 mi	81	604
Allen	11 mi	79	709
Parker	11 mi	107	351
Anna	12 mi	202	640

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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