Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Karnes City fell 68% from 2023 to 2025
On violence it beats 62% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 73%. Measured on crimes Karnes City’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of B+: #75 of 471 graded towns in Texas. What’s more, for every 1,000 residents, 1.2 violent crimes and 6.2 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 Karnes City
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Karnes City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 84% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 71% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Karnes City’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Karnes City property | Rest of Texas property | Karnes City violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.1 | 27.3 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 10.0 | 26.3 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 6.1 | 23.9 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 20.6 | 0.6 | 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 | Karnes City | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Karnes City’s police reported 12 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 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 Karnes 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.
13 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.
2 violent and 11 property, as reported to the FBI by Karnes City’s police.
No one died in a crash on Karnes City’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Texas towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Karnes City’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Karnes City’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Karnes City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karnes City | B+ | 1.2 | 6.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karnes City | B+ | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| Clifton | A | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| Llano | B | 1.3 | 8.5 |
| Ballinger | B | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| Sweeny | B− | 2.0 | 9.9 |
| Teague | C+ | 2.9 | 10.6 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Karnes City’s population (3,540), 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 Karnes 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 Karnes City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,627 in 2025); our figure for Karnes City is 3,540 (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 Karnes City
Is Karnes City, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Karnes City reports less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #75 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.2 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 Karnes City?
1.2 violent and 6.2 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.
Who polices Karnes City?
Karnes City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Karnes 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.