What is the crime rate in Sweetwater, TX?

In 2025, the Sweetwater Police Department reported 49 violent crimes and 129 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 485 violent and 1,278 property crimes per 100,000 of the 10,095 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: 485
Property per 100,000: 1,278
Violent crimes: 49
Property crimes: 129

Crime reported by the Sweetwater 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	54	524	117	1,135	10,310
2024	51	501	118	1,159	10,180
2025	49	485	129	1,278	10,095

Violent crimes reported went from 54 in 2023 to 49 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 117 in 2023 to 129 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.

Sweetwater against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sweetwater	485	1,278
Nolan County	436	1,115
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 Sweetwater, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sweetwater	—	485	1,278
Roscoe	7.5 mi	84	167
Merkel	23 mi	80	762
Colorado City	27 mi	103	847
Tye	32 mi	159	796
Hamlin	33 mi	265	848
Snyder	34 mi	415	893
Anson	36 mi	157	510
Abilene	39 mi	457	1,658

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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