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Safety in Georgetown · FBI data, 2023–2025

Reported crime per resident in Georgetown fell 30% from 2023 to 2025

Overall, Georgetown grades B− for safety (#155 of 471 graded towns in Texas, and #23 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.

Violent crime
1.6
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of TX (4.3)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 3.6
Property crime
10.2
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of TX (23.6)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 17.6
Crimes reported
3,427
476 violent · 2,951 property
2023–2025
Homicides
8
2.8 per 100,000 a year
U.S. cities in FBI tables 5.7
Robberies
21
7.3 per 100,000 a year
U.S. cities in FBI tables 79.4
Trend
▼ Falling
2023 to 2025
beyond ordinary swings

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 · In brief

What stands out about safety in Georgetown

1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime

Of the 2 Texas towns on Georgetown’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Leander (B+), Round Rock (C+). Neighbors ↓

Among Texas towns, higher

Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Georgetown’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 67% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 54% nationally. Safety Grade ↓

Homicides: below U.S. cities overall

Georgetown’s police reported 8 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 2.8 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

7.3 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (3 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, Georgetown reports less crime per resident than 93% (#23). Places like 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.

Safety Grade

What’s behind Georgetown’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.

Where Georgetown sits
B− Violent 1.6B− Property 10.2
All U.S. towns we grade (7,426)Less crime than 54%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Texas towns we grade (471)Less crime than 67% · #155 of 471
Places of 100,000+ people (325)Less crime than 93%
A fairly firm grade. Built on 3,427 reported crimes over three years. Ordinary swings could put Georgetown anywhere from B− to B.

How TownRatings grades safety →

Trend

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.

Show as a table
YearGeorgetown propertyRest of Texas propertyGeorgetown violentRest of Texas violent
202212.627.41.65.1
202311.726.41.64.7
202411.723.91.94.5
20257.820.61.53.8

Crimes per 1,000 residents

Violent crime

Homicides and robberies

Georgetown’s police reported 8 homicides, 3 robberies and 165 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.

1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported

And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (7.8)Violent crime (1.5)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Georgetown1.5
Rest of TX3.8
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Georgetown7.8
Rest of TX20.6
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

What gets reported

1,040 crimes reported in 2025

165 violent and 875 property, as reported to the FBI by Georgetown’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft656
Burglary137
Vehicle theft82
Aggravated assault119
Robbery3
Rape35
Homicide8
Arson3
165
violent crimes
875
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

On the roads

33 people died in crashes on Georgetown’s roads in 2019–2023

Georgetown had 30 fatal crashes in five years, in which 33 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.

That is 7.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.1, 88 towns).

33
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
4
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
7.7
per 100,000 a year · Texas towns of 25,000–100,000: 6.1

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.

Next door

Georgetown and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
GeorgetownB−1.610.2
Round RockC+1.318.4
LeanderB+0.67.6

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Texas towns of a similar size

TownGradeViolentProperty
GeorgetownB−1.610.2
AllenB+1.08.0
Sugar LandB0.713.0
EdinburgC2.618.0
Wichita FallsC−4.024.2
BeaumontD−11.531.9

The five graded Texas towns closest to Georgetown’s population (106,907), by grade.

How to read these numbers

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 Georgetown. 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 Georgetown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (111,743 in 2025); our figure for Georgetown is 106,907 (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 Georgetown

Is Georgetown, TX safe?

On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Georgetown reports less crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #155 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.6 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 Georgetown?

1.6 violent and 10.2 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 Georgetown?

Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.

How many homicides were there in Georgetown in 2025?

Georgetown’s police reported 8 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 7.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.

Is Georgetown safer than Round Rock?

Round Rock reports more crime per resident than Georgetown: Round Rock grades C+ for safety and Georgetown B−. Round Rock’s police reported 1.3 violent and 18.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Who polices Georgetown?

Georgetown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Georgetown”. 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.