Photo: Nsaum75 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Galveston records more violent crime than 89% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 2025. Typical years here bring 5.2 violent crimes plus 23.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.3 plus 23.6 in the rest of Texas. Graded on crimes Galveston’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #418 of 471 graded towns in 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 Galveston
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Texas towns on Galveston’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Texas City (C−). Tiki Island reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Galveston has 37,299 jobs based in town for 53,636 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Galveston’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.
Crime in Galveston 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 5 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 | Galveston | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Galveston’s police reported 823 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Galveston property | Rest of Texas property | Galveston violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.3 | 27.3 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 23.1 | 26.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 22.5 | 20.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
1,469 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.
265 violent and 1,204 property, as reported to the FBI by Galveston’s police.
60 people died in crashes on Galveston’s roads in 2019–2023
Galveston had 56 fatal crashes in five years, in which 60 people died; 16 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 10 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 22.5 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.
Galveston and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galveston | D | 5.2 | 23.1 |
| Texas City | C− | 3.2 | 19.3 |
| Tiki Island | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tiki Island reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galveston | D | 5.2 | 23.1 |
| Rockwall | B− | 1.2 | 12.6 |
| Grapevine | C | 1.7 | 20.6 |
| DeSoto | C | 3.0 | 17.6 |
| Sherman | C | 3.5 | 16.7 |
| Port Arthur | D | 7.0 | 15.4 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Galveston’s population (53,636), 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 Galveston. 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 Galveston’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (53,510 in 2025); our figure for Galveston is 53,636 (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 Galveston
Is Galveston, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Galveston reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #418 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 5.2 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 Galveston?
5.2 violent and 23.1 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 Galveston in 2025?
Galveston’s police reported 8 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 15.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Galveston safer than Texas City?
Texas City reports less crime per resident than Galveston: Texas City grades C− for safety and Galveston D. Texas City’s police reported 3.2 violent and 19.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Galveston?
Galveston’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Galveston”. 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.