Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Austin reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Austin’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #441 of 471 graded towns in Texas, and #222 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TX” is every other Texas city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Austin
5 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Texas towns on Austin’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Cedar Park (B−), Rollingwood (C+), Round Rock (C+), Bee Cave (C), West Lake Hills (C−). Barton Creek, Wells Branch and Brushy Creek are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Austin’s police reported 51 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 6.1 per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the rest of Texas (6.0) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: above the rest of Texas
85.8 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (788 reported in 2025), above the rest of Texas (74.6) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Austin reports less crime per resident than 32% (#222). Places like it ↓
A job center
Austin has 803,922 jobs based in town for 1,002,632 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Austin’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
For every 1,000 residents, about 31 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
Show as a table
| Year | Austin property | Rest of Texas property | Austin violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35.9 | 26.9 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 33.1 | 26.0 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| 2024 | 32.4 | 23.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 30.7 | 20.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Homicides and robberies
Austin’s police reported 51 homicides, 788 robberies and 4,185 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Texas and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Show as a table
| Year | Austin | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
Show as a table
| Year | Austin | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 97.3 | 89.0 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 93.3 | 84.0 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 85.4 | 78.0 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 78.7 | 62.3 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
34,862 crimes reported in 2025
4,185 violent and 30,677 property, as reported to the FBI by Austin’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
200 of the 545 people who died in crashes on Austin’s roads in 2019–2023 were pedestrians
Austin had 513 fatal crashes in five years, in which 545 people died. 18 of those killed were cyclists. 86 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 11.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 100,000+ people (8.4, 43 towns).
Among the 39 U.S. cities of 500,000 or more, Austin has the 20th lowest rate.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Austin and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | D | 4.6 | 32.0 |
| Cedar Park | B− | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| West Lake Hills | C− | 0.8 | 29.3 |
| Barton Creek | — | — | — |
| Rollingwood | C+ | 1.2 | 17.7 |
| Wells Branch | — | — | — |
| Brushy Creek | — | — | — |
| Round Rock | C+ | 1.3 | 18.4 |
| Bee Cave | C | 1.6 | 23.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Barton Creek, Wells Branch and Brushy Creek are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
U.S. cities of a million or more
| City | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | D | 4.6 | 32.0 |
| New York City | D | 6.7 | 23.5 |
| Los Angeles | D | 7.4 | 21.9 |
| Chicago | D | 5.2 | 32.8 |
| Houston | D− | 10.4 | 42.0 |
| Phoenix | D | 7.6 | 22.8 |
| Philadelphia | D− | 9.0 | 46.4 |
| San Antonio | D− | 6.0 | 46.3 |
| San Diego | C− | 4.0 | 16.7 |
| Dallas | D | 6.3 | 34.7 |
| Fort Worth | D | 4.4 | 25.1 |
Every U.S. city of 1,000,000+ with a Safety Grade, largest first; each city’s own police figures, 2023–2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Austin. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Austin’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,000,639 in 2025); our figure for Austin is 1,002,632 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Austin
Is Austin, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Austin reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #441 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 4.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Austin?
4.6 violent and 32.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Austin?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Austin in 2025?
Austin’s police reported 51 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 5.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Austin safer than Cedar Park?
Cedar Park reports less crime per resident than Austin: Cedar Park grades B− for safety and Austin D. Cedar Park’s police reported 1.0 violent and 13.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Austin?
Austin’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Austin”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.