Property crime per resident is higher in Live Oak than in 95% of U.S. towns
Of the 4 towns on its borders with figures, 3 record less crime per resident. Live Oak’s Safety Grade, D (#428 of 471 graded towns in Texas), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 29% from 2023 to 2025. Typical years here bring 1.9 violent crimes plus 37.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.3 plus 23.5 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 Live Oak
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Texas towns on Live Oak’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Selma (C), Converse (C−), Universal City (C−), San Antonio (D−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Live Oak has 12,009 jobs based in town for 16,426 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Live Oak’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. 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 | Live Oak property | Rest of Texas property | Live Oak violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 38.0 | 27.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 45.4 | 26.3 | 1.7 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 37.7 | 23.9 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 30.9 | 20.6 | 2.6 | 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 | Live Oak | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Live Oak’s police reported 92 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 Live Oak 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
546 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.
42 violent and 504 property, as reported to the FBI by Live Oak’s police.
14 people died in crashes on Live Oak’s roads in 2019–2023
Live Oak had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 5 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 17.5 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.
Live Oak and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak | D | 1.9 | 37.9 |
| San Antonio | D− | 6.0 | 46.3 |
| Selma | C | 2.1 | 22.6 |
| Universal City | C− | 2.5 | 24.9 |
| Converse | C− | 4.1 | 15.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak | D | 1.9 | 37.9 |
| Canyon | A− | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| Gatesville | B | 1.5 | 8.7 |
| Pampa | C− | 5.2 | 17.9 |
| South Houston | D | 5.9 | 22.8 |
| Humble | D− | 9.1 | 96.8 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Live Oak’s population (16,426), 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 Live Oak. 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 Live Oak’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,319 in 2025); our figure for Live Oak is 16,426 (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 Live Oak
Is Live Oak, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Live Oak reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #428 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 Live Oak?
1.9 violent and 37.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Live Oak safer than San Antonio?
San Antonio reports more crime per resident than Live Oak: San Antonio grades D− for safety and Live Oak D. San Antonio’s police reported 6.0 violent and 46.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Live Oak?
Live Oak’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Live Oak”. 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.