What is the crime rate in Waco, TX?

In 2025, the Waco Police Department reported 614 violent crimes and 2,666 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 414 violent and 1,799 property crimes per 100,000 of the 148,165 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: 414
Property per 100,000: 1,799
Violent crimes: 614
Property crimes: 2,666

Crime reported by the Waco 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	738	506	3,881	2,663	145,741
2024	628	429	3,125	2,136	146,270
2025	614	414	2,666	1,799	148,165

Violent crimes reported went from 738 in 2023 to 614 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,881 in 2023 to 2,666 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.

Waco against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Waco	414	1,799
McLennan County	320	1,474
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 Waco, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Waco	—	414	1,799
Beverly Hills	3.2 mi	543	3,641
Woodway	4.8 mi	82	1,035
Bellmead	6.6 mi	348	2,803
Lacy-Lakeview	7.1 mi	481	1,540
Hewitt	7.4 mi	154	904
Robinson	8.3 mi	91	762
Lorena	12 mi	56	890
Riesel	16 mi	0	94

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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