Photo: Theunderratedtaco · CC BY 4.0Reported crime per resident in Edinburg fell 32% from 2023 to 2025
All told, Edinburg grades C for safety (#307 of 471 graded towns in Texas, and #94 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 2.6 violent crimes and 18.0 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. By contrast, it has more violent crime than 67% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 73%.
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 Edinburg
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Texas towns on Edinburg’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: McAllen (C+). Murillo, César Chávez, Doolittle and Lopezville are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Edinburg’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.2 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Texas (6.0) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Texas
22.5 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (20 reported in 2025), below the rest of Texas (75.4) and below 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, Edinburg reports less crime per resident than 71% (#94). Places like it ↓
A college town
Edinburg is home to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, with 26,858 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 10% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. 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 Edinburg’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. Its violent rate (2.6) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Edinburg property | Rest of Texas property | Edinburg violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.1 | 27.3 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 21.8 | 26.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 17.6 | 23.9 | 2.7 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 14.8 | 20.6 | 2.1 | 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Edinburg | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 56.2 | 89.6 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 28.3 | 84.7 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 21.4 | 78.6 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 18.0 | 63.3 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Edinburg’s police reported 0 homicides, 20 robberies and 235 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.
Crime in Edinburg 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.
1,873 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.
235 violent and 1,638 property, as reported to the FBI by Edinburg’s police.
44 people died in crashes on Edinburg’s roads in 2019–2023
Edinburg had 38 fatal crashes in five years, in which 44 people died; 13 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 12 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Texas towns of 100,000+ people (8.4, 43 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.
Edinburg and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburg | C | 2.6 | 18.0 |
| Murillo | — | — | — |
| César Chávez | — | — | — |
| Doolittle | — | — | — |
| McAllen | C+ | 1.4 | 17.3 |
| Lopezville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Murillo, César Chávez, Doolittle and Lopezville are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburg | C | 2.6 | 18.0 |
| Allen | B+ | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Sugar Land | B | 0.7 | 13.0 |
| Georgetown | B− | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Tyler | C− | 4.0 | 19.6 |
| Beaumont | D− | 11.5 | 31.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Edinburg’s population (110,700), 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 Edinburg. 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 Edinburg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (110,822 in 2025); our figure for Edinburg is 110,700 (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 Edinburg
Is Edinburg, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Edinburg reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #307 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 2.6 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 Edinburg?
2.6 violent and 18.0 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 Edinburg in 2025?
Edinburg’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.
Is Edinburg safer than McAllen?
McAllen reports less crime per resident than Edinburg: McAllen grades C+ for safety and Edinburg C. McAllen’s police reported 1.4 violent and 17.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Edinburg?
Edinburg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Edinburg”. 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.