Houston, TX crime rate
In 2025 the Houston Police Department reported 887.6 violent crimes and 3,837.3 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 Houston compare with Texas and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Houston only.
What offenses were reported in Houston, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Texas | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 21,423 | 887.6 | 344.9 | 327.6 | down 23.2% | down 28.0% |
| Murder | 275 | 11.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | down 20.8% | down 43.8% |
| Rape | 1,413 | 58.5 | 47.6 | 36.1 | down 22.8% | down 1.2% |
| Robbery | 4,860 | 201.4 | 52.0 | 49.4 | down 26.6% | down 39.3% |
| Aggravated assault | 14,875 | 616.3 | 240.7 | 238.0 | down 22.1% | down 25.1% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 92,616 | 3,837.3 | 1,786.0 | 1,534.8 | down 11.3% | down 7.5% |
| Burglary | 11,768 | 487.6 | 246.6 | 193.6 | down 24.8% | down 23.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 68,047 | 2,819.4 | 1,291.2 | 1,144.1 | down 4.8% | down 0.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 12,609 | 522.4 | 248.2 | 197.0 | down 26.1% | down 22.2% |
| Arson | 192 | 8.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 21.6% | down 60.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the Houston Police Department and sent to the FBI. Texas and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Houston's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 275 | 272 |
| Murder | 2024 | 334 | 320 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 4,860 | 4,991 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 6,361 | 6,422 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 14,875 | 15,431 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 18,354 | 18,472 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 11,768 | 11,343 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 15,028 | 13,354 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 12,609 | 12,902 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 16,404 | 16,629 |
City count: HPD NIBRS public data (NIBRSPublicView2024.csv, 2025.csv), Houston Police Department, houstontx.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 | Houston | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,233.6 | 387.0 | 453.0 |
| 2022 | 1,159.8 | 388.7 | 436.2 |
| 2023 | 1,107.8 | 379.5 | 407.3 |
| 2024 | 1,155.9 | 362.9 | 394.5 |
| 2025 | 887.6 | 327.6 | 344.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Houston | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,149.8 | 1,832.3 | 2,171.9 |
| 2022 | 4,637.3 | 1,973.8 | 2,309.2 |
| 2023 | 4,551.6 | 1,934.1 | 2,229.3 |
| 2024 | 4,328.2 | 1,761.1 | 2,055.5 |
| 2025 | 3,837.3 | 1,534.8 | 1,786.0 |
Is Houston safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Houston Police Department reported, 887.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Texas's 344.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 23.2% 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.
Houston police reported 21,423 violent crimes and 92,616 property crimes to the FBI in 2025. Per 100,000 residents covered by the Houston Police Department, that is 887.6 violent and 3,837.3 property crimes. The violent crime rate was 2.6 times the FBI's Texas estimate of 344.9 and 2.7 times the US rate of 327.6, and property crime was 2.1 times the state figure.
Both measures dropped in the last year: violent crime by 23.2% and property crime by 11.3%. Since 2021, when the violent rate was 1,233.6, it has come down 28.0%, while the Texas estimate went from 453.0 to 344.9. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 43.8%, to 11.4 per 100,000 (275 homicides).
Robbery is 4.1 times the national rate, at 201.4 per 100,000. Aggravated assault made up 69% of violent crime, 14,875 offenses. Larceny-theft was 73% of property crime and barely moved from 2021, down 0.2%.
Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses in the last year, 26.1%, to 522.4 per 100,000. All 12 months were reported to the FBI in each of the 5 years shown, with NIBRS reporting since 2018. Houston ISD, Metro transit, Port of Houston and university police report separately, so their cases are not in these counts.
The department had 2.57 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.57 per 1,000 residents (5,320 officers, 883 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, Houston Police Department (ORI TXHPD0000), 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)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TXHPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Houston Police Department (TXHPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_TXHPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)