Warren and Myrta Bacon House · Photo: Robert Lawton · CC BY-SA 2.5Lubbock reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Lubbock’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #449 of 471 graded towns in Texas, and #247 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
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 Lubbock
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Lubbock’s police reported 11 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 5.0 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Texas (6.0) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: above the rest of Texas
108 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (210 reported in 2025), above the rest of Texas (74.7) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Lubbock reports less crime per resident than 24% (#247). Places like it ↓
A college town
Lubbock is home to Texas Tech University, with 35,901 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 14% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. 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 Lubbock’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
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| Year | Lubbock property | Rest of Texas property | Lubbock violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41.3 | 27.1 | 10.6 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 31.3 | 26.2 | 8.5 | 4.6 |
| 2024 | 26.3 | 23.9 | 8.2 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 23.5 | 20.5 | 6.6 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 24 property crimes reported
And about 7 violent crimes, 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.
Homicides and robberies
Lubbock’s police reported 11 homicides, 210 robberies and 1,807 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Texas and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Lubbock | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.5 | 8.0 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Lubbock | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 132 | 88.9 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 132 | 83.8 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 116 | 77.9 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 76.2 | 62.9 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
8,300 crimes reported in 2025
1,807 violent and 6,493 property, as reported to the FBI by Lubbock’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
193 people died in crashes on Lubbock’s roads in 2019–2023
Lubbock had 178 fatal crashes in five years, in which 193 people died; 42 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 13 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 14.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 100,000+ people (8.4, 43 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.
Lubbock and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock | D | 7.8 | 27.0 |
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 Lubbock. 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 Lubbock’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (275,713 in 2025); our figure for Lubbock is 273,071 (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 Lubbock
Is Lubbock, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lubbock reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #449 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 7.8 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 Lubbock?
7.8 violent and 27.0 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 crime going up or down in Lubbock?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Lubbock in 2025?
Lubbock’s police reported 11 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Lubbock?
Lubbock’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lubbock”. 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.