Corpus Christi, TX crime rate
In 2025 the Corpus Christi Police Department reported 799.2 violent crimes and 2,786.1 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
Data notes.
- Murder, 2025: possibly incomplete. 13 reported; 5 of 12 months zero (Apr, Jun, Aug, Nov, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 25 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Murder, 2022: unusual change, check the source. 2021: 20, 2022: 41, 2023: 20 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2022 are not shown.
How does Corpus Christi compare with Texas and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Corpus Christi only.
What offenses were reported in Corpus Christi, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Texas | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 2,534 | 799.2 | 344.9 | 327.6 | down 8.6% | down 7.5% |
| Murder | 13 | 4.6 | 4.1 | See data note | See data note | |
| Rape | 221 | 69.7 | 47.6 | 36.1 | down 16.2% | down 19.4% |
| Robbery | 334 | 105.3 | 52.0 | 49.4 | down 9.3% | down 25.4% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,966 | 620.0 | 240.7 | 238.0 | down 7.1% | down 1.6% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 8,834 | 2,786.1 | 1,786.0 | 1,534.8 | down 8.6% | down 12.7% |
| Burglary | 1,612 | 508.4 | 246.6 | 193.6 | down 3.4% | down 5.3% |
| Larceny-theft | 6,279 | 1,980.3 | 1,291.2 | 1,144.1 | down 6.1% | down 14.7% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 872 | 275.0 | 248.2 | 197.0 | down 29.8% | down 11.3% |
| Arson | 71 | 22.4 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 10.9% | down 10.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the Corpus Christi 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 | Corpus Christi | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 863.6 | 387.0 | 453.0 |
| 2022 | 805.8 | 388.7 | 436.2 |
| 2023 | 875.6 | 379.5 | 407.3 |
| 2024 | 874.4 | 362.9 | 394.5 |
| 2025 | 799.2 | 327.6 | 344.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Corpus Christi | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,193.0 | 1,832.3 | 2,171.9 |
| 2022 | 3,163.7 | 1,973.8 | 2,309.2 |
| 2023 | 3,216.5 | 1,934.1 | 2,229.3 |
| 2024 | 3,048.0 | 1,761.1 | 2,055.5 |
| 2025 | 2,786.1 | 1,534.8 | 1,786.0 |
Is Corpus Christi safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Corpus Christi Police Department reported, 799.2 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Texas's 344.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 8.6% 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.
The Corpus Christi Police Department had 2,534 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Spread across the population it serves, that is 799.2 per 100,000 residents covered by the Corpus Christi Police Department, 2.3 times the Texas estimate of 344.9 and 2.4 times the US rate of 327.6. The property crime rate was 2,786.1, against 1,786.0 for Texas and 1,534.8 nationally.
Violent crime came down 8.6% from 2024 to 2025 and is 7.5% lower than in 2021, when the rate was 863.6. Property crime also fell, 8.6% in the last year and 12.7% since 2021. Aggravated assault accounted for 78% of violent crime; its rate of 620.0 per 100,000 was 2.6 times the US rate.
Rape fell 19.4% and robbery 25.4% from 2021 to 2025. Larceny-theft fell the most of the property offenses since 2021, 14.7%, and made up 71% of property crime. From 2024 to 2025, motor vehicle theft had the largest fall in that group, 29.8%.
The murder counts for 2022 and 2025 are flagged, 2022 as an unusual change and 2025 as possibly incomplete with several months sent as zero, so neither is compared. The department sent all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and has reported to NIBRS since 2019. The Nueces County and San Patricio County sheriff's offices, Corpus Christi Independent School District police and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 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: 2.08 per 1,000 residents (465 officers, 194 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, Corpus Christi Police Department (ORI TX1780200), 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)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX1780200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (TX1780200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_TX1780200__from-2021-to-2025.json)