Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Buda reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Buda grades C+ for safety (#236 of 471 graded towns in Texas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Buda
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Texas towns on Buda’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Kyle (B), Austin (D). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Buda has 10,320 jobs based in town for 16,166 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 Buda’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Buda’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (17.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Buda’s police reported 60 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Buda | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
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.
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| Year | Buda property | Rest of Texas property | Buda violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.1 | 27.3 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 20.0 | 26.3 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 16.3 | 23.9 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 15.9 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 16 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
276 crimes reported in 2025
17 violent and 259 property, as reported to the FBI by Buda’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
14 people died in crashes on Buda’s roads in 2019–2023
Buda had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 17.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people (7.3, 297 towns).
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.
Buda and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buda | C+ | 1.2 | 17.4 |
| Highland Village | B+ | 0.5 | 9.2 |
| Mount Pleasant | C | 3.3 | 18.2 |
| Mineral Wells | C− | 3.0 | 27.7 |
| Pampa | C− | 5.2 | 17.9 |
| South Houston | D | 5.9 | 22.8 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Buda’s population (16,166), by grade.
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 Buda. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Buda’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,300 in 2025); our figure for Buda is 16,166 (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 Buda
Is Buda, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Buda reports more crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #236 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.2 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 Buda?
1.2 violent and 17.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Buda?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Buda safer than Kyle?
Kyle reports less crime per resident than Buda: Kyle grades B for safety and Buda C+. Kyle’s police reported 1.9 violent and 8.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Buda?
Buda’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Buda”. 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.