Amarillo, TX crime rate
In 2025 the Amarillo Police Department reported 550.5 violent crimes and 2,420.7 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Texas and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Amarillo compare with Texas and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Amarillo only.
What offenses were reported in Amarillo, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Texas | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,126 | 550.5 | 344.9 | 327.6 | down 20.4% | down 28.6% |
| Murder | 12 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | down 29.8% | down 43.8% |
| Rape | 148 | 72.4 | 47.6 | 36.1 | down 4.0% | down 13.6% |
| Robbery | 141 | 68.9 | 52.0 | 49.4 | down 20.5% | down 26.9% |
| Aggravated assault | 825 | 403.4 | 240.7 | 238.0 | down 22.7% | down 30.8% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 4,951 | 2,420.7 | 1,786.0 | 1,534.8 | down 10.1% | down 28.8% |
| Burglary | 666 | 325.6 | 246.6 | 193.6 | down 14.2% | down 49.6% |
| Larceny-theft | 3,759 | 1,837.9 | 1,291.2 | 1,144.1 | down 9.1% | down 20.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 480 | 234.7 | 248.2 | 197.0 | down 9.9% | down 45.3% |
| Arson | 46 | 22.5 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 21.3% | down 1.7% |
Reported = offenses known to the Amarillo Police Department and sent to the FBI. Texas and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Amarillo | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 771.5 | 387.0 | 453.0 |
| 2022 | 773.4 | 388.7 | 436.2 |
| 2023 | 726.9 | 379.5 | 407.3 |
| 2024 | 692.0 | 362.9 | 394.5 |
| 2025 | 550.5 | 327.6 | 344.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Amarillo | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,400.7 | 1,832.3 | 2,171.9 |
| 2022 | 3,507.9 | 1,973.8 | 2,309.2 |
| 2023 | 3,119.7 | 1,934.1 | 2,229.3 |
| 2024 | 2,691.6 | 1,761.1 | 2,055.5 |
| 2025 | 2,420.7 | 1,534.8 | 1,786.0 |
Is Amarillo safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Amarillo Police Department reported, 550.5 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Texas's 344.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 20.4% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Amarillo's violent crime rate for 2025 was 550.5 per 100,000 residents covered by the Amarillo Police Department, based on 1,126 offenses reported to the FBI. The FBI estimate for Texas that year was 344.9 and the US rate 327.6, so the city was at 1.6 times the state rate and 1.7 times the national rate. Property crime, 2,420.7 per 100,000, came to 1.4 times the state's 1,786.0 and 1.6 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent and property crime fell by similar amounts from 2021 to 2025, 28.6% and 28.8%. From 2024 to 2025 alone the violent rate dropped 20.4%, from 692.0, and the property rate 10.1%. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses in both periods, 43.8% since 2021 and 29.8% since 2024.
There were 12 homicides in 2025, a rate of 5.9 per 100,000. Burglary had the largest fall of the property offenses from 2021 to 2025, 49.6%. Motor vehicle theft, at 234.7 per 100,000, was below the Texas estimate of 248.2, and above the US rate of 197.0.
Aggravated assault was 73% of violent crime and larceny-theft 76% of property crime. The department sent all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and has used NIBRS since 1999. The Potter County and Randall County sheriff's offices, Amarillo College and Amarillo International Airport report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.14 per 1,000 residents (358 officers, 79 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Texas cities
The nearest Texas cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Amarillo Police Department (ORI TX1880100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Texas and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1880100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Amarillo Police Department (TX1880100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_TX1880100__from-2021-to-2025.json)