Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0For property crime, Kyle beats 61% of U.S. towns per resident
Kyle grades B for safety overall (#144 of 471 graded towns in Texas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.9 violent crimes and 8.5 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. The rate the grade counts dropped 22% from 2023 to 2025. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Kyle
Kyle reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Texas towns on Kyle’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Buda (C+), San Marcos (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Kyle’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 69% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 56% 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 Kyle’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Kyle’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.9) 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 | Kyle property | Rest of Texas property | Kyle violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.9 | 27.4 | 2.4 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 9.5 | 26.4 | 2.5 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 8.2 | 23.9 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 8.0 | 20.6 | 1.3 | 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 | Kyle | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Kyle’s police reported 395 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 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 Kyle 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.
671 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.
97 violent and 574 property, as reported to the FBI by Kyle’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Kyle’s roads in 2019–2023
Kyle had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 1 was a cyclist. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 3.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Kyle and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle | B | 1.9 | 8.5 |
| Buda | C+ | 1.2 | 17.4 |
| San Marcos | C− | 4.1 | 21.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle | B | 1.9 | 8.5 |
| Rowlett | B− | 1.8 | 12.7 |
| Pflugerville | C+ | 1.8 | 15.6 |
| North Richland Hills | C | 1.9 | 20.9 |
| Victoria | C− | 3.7 | 20.0 |
| Harlingen | C− | 2.7 | 25.8 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Kyle’s population (69,917), 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 Kyle. 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 Kyle’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (71,858 in 2025); our figure for Kyle is 69,917 (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 Kyle
Is Kyle, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kyle reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #144 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.9 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 Kyle?
1.9 violent and 8.5 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 Kyle in 2025?
Kyle’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 Kyle safer than Buda?
Buda reports more crime per resident than Kyle: Buda grades C+ for safety and Kyle B. Buda’s police reported 1.2 violent and 17.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kyle?
Kyle’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kyle”. 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.