Photo: JherreraCODR · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Del Rio fell 35% from 2023 to 2025
In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Del Rio at B− (#190 of 471 graded towns in Texas): close to the middle of U.S. towns. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.5 violent crimes and 12.8 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas.
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 Del Rio
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 Del Rio’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Del Rio’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.8) 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 | Del Rio property | Rest of Texas property | Del Rio violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.1 | 27.3 | 2.2 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 16.0 | 26.3 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 12.8 | 23.9 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 9.8 | 20.6 | 1.5 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Del Rio | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Del Rio’s police reported 160 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Del Rio 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
390 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.
51 violent and 339 property, as reported to the FBI by Del Rio’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Del Rio’s roads in 2019–2023
Del Rio had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is 5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Del Rio and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rio | B− | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| Laughlin AFB | — | — | — |
| Val Verde Park | — | — | — |
| Cienegas Terrace | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Laughlin AFB, Val Verde Park and Cienegas Terrace are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rio | B− | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| Anna | B | 1.9 | 7.4 |
| Deer Park | B− | 1.2 | 12.7 |
| Harker Heights | B− | 1.6 | 11.4 |
| Lufkin | D | 5.2 | 23.3 |
| Texarkana | D | 5.1 | 26.2 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Del Rio’s population (34,496), 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 Del Rio. 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 Del Rio’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (34,668 in 2025); our figure for Del Rio is 34,496 (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 Del Rio
Is Del Rio, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Del Rio reports more crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #190 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.5 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 Del Rio?
1.5 violent and 12.8 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 Del Rio in 2025?
Del Rio’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Del Rio?
Del Rio’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Del Rio”. 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.