Bryson Stage Coach Stop · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Liberty Hill rose 50% from 2023 to 2025
The overall Safety Grade is B+ (#98 of 471 graded towns in Texas), which means less crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, recorded violent crimes ran at 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 7.4, against 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas.
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 Liberty Hill
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Texas towns on Liberty Hill’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Leander (B+). Santa Rita Ranch is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Liberty Hill’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 79% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 66% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Liberty Hill’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 | Liberty Hill property | Rest of Texas property | Liberty Hill violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.4 | 27.3 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 6.7 | 26.3 | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 6.2 | 23.9 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 9.4 | 20.6 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Liberty Hill | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Liberty Hill’s police reported 28 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Liberty Hill 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
79 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.
11 violent and 68 property, as reported to the FBI by Liberty Hill’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Liberty Hill’s roads in 2019–2023
Liberty Hill had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
That is more than is typical for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Liberty Hill’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Liberty Hill’s own rate (19.1) 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.
Liberty Hill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hill | B+ | 1.3 | 7.4 |
| Santa Rita Ranch | — | — | — |
| Leander | B+ | 0.6 | 7.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Santa Rita Ranch is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hill | B+ | 1.3 | 7.4 |
| Elgin | C+ | 2.1 | 13.2 |
| Richmond | C | 3.0 | 19.8 |
| Granbury | C− | 1.9 | 33.7 |
| Henderson | D | 4.6 | 26.4 |
| Bastrop | D | 4.5 | 31.8 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Liberty Hill’s population (13,317), 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 Liberty Hill. 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 Liberty Hill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,236 in 2025); our figure for Liberty Hill is 13,317 (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 Liberty Hill
Is Liberty Hill, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Liberty Hill reports less crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #98 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.3 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 Liberty Hill?
1.3 violent and 7.4 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 Liberty Hill safer than Leander?
Leander reports less crime per resident than Liberty Hill: Leander grades B+ for safety and Liberty Hill B+. Leander’s police reported 0.6 violent and 7.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Liberty Hill?
Liberty Hill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Liberty Hill”. 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.