Photo: A Yee · CC BY 2.0Reported crime per resident in Leander fell 43% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Leander grades B+ for safety (#61 of 471 graded towns in Texas): less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Leander
Leander reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Texas towns on Leander’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Liberty Hill (B+), Cedar Park (B−), Georgetown (B−), Jonestown (B−). Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Leander’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 87% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 74% 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 Leander’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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Texas.
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| Year | Leander property | Rest of Texas property | Leander violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.6 | 26.4 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 24.0 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 20.6 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Leander’s police reported 172 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Leander | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
506 crimes reported in 2025
56 violent and 450 property, as reported to the FBI by Leander’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
22 people died in crashes on Leander’s roads in 2019–2023
Leander had 18 fatal crashes in five years, in which 22 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 5.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Leander and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leander | B+ | 0.6 | 7.6 |
| Cedar Park | B− | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| Jonestown | B− | 1.7 | 13.1 |
| Georgetown | B− | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Liberty Hill | B+ | 1.3 | 7.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Leander. 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 Leander’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (95,840 in 2025); our figure for Leander is 91,132 (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 Leander
Is Leander, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Leander reports less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #61 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 0.6 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 Leander?
0.6 violent and 7.6 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 crime going up or down in Leander?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Leander in 2025?
Leander’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Leander safer than Cedar Park?
Cedar Park reports more crime per resident than Leander: Cedar Park grades B− for safety and Leander B+. Cedar Park’s police reported 1.0 violent and 13.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Leander?
Leander’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Leander”. 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.