Copperas Cove Stagestop and Post Office · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Per resident, Copperas Cove records more violent crime than 76% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 32% from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, its letter overall is C (#287 of 471 graded towns in Texas): more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. In a usual year, 3.3 violent crimes and 14.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Texas, 4.3 and 23.6.
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 Copperas Cove
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 Copperas Cove’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (14.0) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Copperas Cove property | Rest of Texas property | Copperas Cove violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.3 | 27.3 | 3.2 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 17.2 | 26.3 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 13.4 | 23.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 11.6 | 20.6 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in Copperas Cove per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Copperas Cove | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Copperas Cove’s police reported 389 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
579 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
110 violent and 469 property, as reported to the FBI by Copperas Cove’s police.
15 people died in crashes on Copperas Cove’s roads in 2019–2023
Copperas Cove had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.1, 88 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.
Copperas Cove and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copperas Cove | C | 3.3 | 14.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copperas Cove | C | 3.3 | 14.0 |
| Cibolo | B | 1.5 | 7.6 |
| Cleburne | B− | 2.3 | 10.6 |
| Weatherford | C+ | 2.0 | 14.6 |
| Seguin | C | 3.2 | 17.0 |
| Lancaster | D | 4.2 | 27.5 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Copperas Cove’s population (40,118), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Copperas Cove. 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 Copperas Cove’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (40,386 in 2025); our figure for Copperas Cove is 40,118 (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 Copperas Cove
Is Copperas Cove, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Copperas Cove reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #287 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 3.3 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 Copperas Cove?
3.3 violent and 14.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Copperas Cove in 2025?
Copperas Cove’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Copperas Cove?
Copperas Cove’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Copperas Cove”. 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.