Austin, TX crime rate
In 2025 the Austin Police Department reported 422.6 violent crimes and 3,101.1 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 Austin compare with Texas and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Austin only.
What offenses were reported in Austin, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Texas | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 4,229 | 422.6 | 344.9 | 327.6 | down 11.3% | down 16.5% |
| Murder | 52 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.1 | down 22.4% | down 35.0% |
| Rape | 753 | 75.3 | 47.6 | 36.1 | down 0.5% | up 11.1% |
| Robbery | 790 | 78.9 | 52.0 | 49.4 | down 7.6% | down 19.7% |
| Aggravated assault | 2,634 | 263.2 | 240.7 | 238.0 | down 14.8% | down 20.7% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 31,031 | 3,101.1 | 1,786.0 | 1,534.8 | down 5.8% | down 8.4% |
| Burglary | 4,400 | 439.7 | 246.6 | 193.6 | down 2.8% | down 7.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 22,190 | 2,217.6 | 1,291.2 | 1,144.1 | down 0.3% | down 9.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4,332 | 432.9 | 248.2 | 197.0 | down 27.8% | down 3.8% |
| Arson | 109 | 10.9 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 28.8% | down 40.4% |
Reported = offenses known to the Austin Police Department and sent to the FBI. Texas and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Austin's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 52 | 43 |
| Murder | 2024 | 66 | 56 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 790 | 757 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 841 | 818 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 2,634 | 2,192 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 3,040 | 2,480 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 4,400 | 4,104 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 4,453 | 4,142 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 4,332 | 4,268 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 5,902 | 5,829 |
City count: Crime Reports (fdj4-gpfu), Austin Police Department, data.austintexas.gov, checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Austin | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 506.1 | 387.0 | 453.0 |
| 2022 | 552.8 | 388.7 | 436.2 |
| 2023 | 515.6 | 379.5 | 407.3 |
| 2024 | 476.5 | 362.9 | 394.5 |
| 2025 | 422.6 | 327.6 | 344.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Austin | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,384.2 | 1,832.3 | 2,171.9 |
| 2022 | 3,629.8 | 1,973.8 | 2,309.2 |
| 2023 | 3,361.4 | 1,934.1 | 2,229.3 |
| 2024 | 3,291.8 | 1,761.1 | 2,055.5 |
| 2025 | 3,101.1 | 1,534.8 | 1,786.0 |
Is Austin safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Austin Police Department reported, 422.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Texas's 344.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 11.3% 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.
Violent crime in Austin came to 422.6 per 100,000 residents covered by the Austin Police Department in 2025, from 4,229 offenses reported to the FBI. It was 1.2 times the Texas estimate of 344.9 and 1.3 times the US rate of 327.6. The property crime rate of 3,101.1, from 31,031 offenses, was 1.7 times the state figure and 2.0 times the national figure.
From 2021, violent crime fell 16.5% and property crime 8.4%; from 2024 to 2025 the drops were 11.3% and 5.8%. Murder had the largest fall of the violent offenses in both periods, 35.0% since 2021 and 22.4% since 2024. The city recorded 52 homicides in 2025, 5.2 per 100,000.
Rape rose the most, 11.1% from 2021 to 2025. Aggravated assault made up 62% of violent crime. Motor vehicle theft fell 27.8% from 2024 to 2025, to 432.9 per 100,000, which is 2.2 times the US rate.
Larceny-theft, 72% of property crime, was down 9.2% from 2021. NIBRS reporting began in 2019, and all 12 months were sent for each of the 5 years shown. The department had 2.20 police employees per 1,000 residents.
The Hays, Travis and Williamson county sheriff's offices and Austin Community College District police 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: 2.20 per 1,000 residents (1,487 officers, 711 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, Austin Police Department (ORI TX2270100), 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)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2270100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Austin Police Department (TX2270100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_TX2270100__from-2021-to-2025.json)