Gun Barrel City records more property crime per head than four in five U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025. Its Safety Grade, C (#300 of 471 graded towns in Texas), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: more crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns. For every 1,000 residents, 1.5 violent crimes and 21.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Texas, the figures are 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 Gun Barrel City
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Texas towns on Gun Barrel City’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Seven Points (C+). Mabank reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Gun Barrel City’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Gun Barrel City’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Gun Barrel City | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Gun Barrel City’s police reported 32 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 Gun Barrel City 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Gun Barrel City property | Rest of Texas property | Gun Barrel City violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.9 | 27.3 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 18.8 | 26.3 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 27.5 | 23.9 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 18.4 | 20.6 | 1.1 | 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.
141 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.
8 violent and 133 property, as reported to the FBI by Gun Barrel City’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Gun Barrel City’s roads in 2019–2023
Gun Barrel City had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is 30.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people (7.3, 297 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.
Gun Barrel City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gun Barrel City | C | 1.5 | 21.6 |
| Seven Points | C+ | 2.9 | 13.9 |
| Mabank | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mabank reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gun Barrel City | C | 1.5 | 21.6 |
| Keene | B+ | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| Mexia | C | 4.1 | 9.7 |
| Hempstead | C | 4.0 | 15.0 |
| La Feria | C | 3.7 | 16.1 |
| Gonzales | D− | 14.1 | 16.4 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Gun Barrel City’s population (7,133), 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 Gun Barrel City. 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 Gun Barrel City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,214 in 2025); our figure for Gun Barrel City is 7,133 (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 Gun Barrel City
Is Gun Barrel City, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Gun Barrel City reports more crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #300 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 Gun Barrel City?
1.5 violent and 21.6 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 Gun Barrel City safer than Seven Points?
Seven Points reports less crime per resident than Gun Barrel City: Seven Points grades C+ for safety and Gun Barrel City C. Seven Points’s police reported 2.9 violent and 13.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Gun Barrel City?
Gun Barrel City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Gun Barrel City”. 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.