Photo: Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime in New Braunfels is close to typical for U.S. towns
The overall Safety Grade is B− (#193 of 471 graded towns in Texas, and #36 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000), which means close to the middle of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Typical years here bring 1.8 violent crimes plus 12.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.3 plus 23.6 in the rest of Texas. Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 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 New Braunfels
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Texas towns on New Braunfels’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Schertz (B). Lake Dunlap is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
New Braunfels’ police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 0.8 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: below the rest of Texas
15.3 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (15 reported in 2025), below the rest of Texas (75.5) and below 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, New Braunfels reports less crime per resident than 89% (#36). Places like it ↓
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 New Braunfels’ 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 (1.8) 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. Its property rate (12.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | New Braunfels | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.7 | 89.8 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 21.4 | 84.8 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 12.7 | 78.7 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 63.4 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
New Braunfels’ police reported 1 homicides, 15 robberies and 277 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.
Crime in New Braunfels 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | New Braunfels property | Rest of Texas property | New Braunfels violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.1 | 27.4 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 12.4 | 26.4 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 12.8 | 24.0 | 1.6 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 11.5 | 20.6 | 2.2 | 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.
1,704 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.
277 violent and 1,427 property, as reported to the FBI by New Braunfels’ police.
35 people died in crashes on New Braunfels’s roads in 2019–2023
New Braunfels had 35 fatal crashes in five years, in which 35 people died; 6 were pedestrians. 8 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
New Braunfels and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | B− | 1.8 | 12.2 |
| Schertz | B | 1.7 | 8.9 |
| Lake Dunlap | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lake Dunlap 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | B− | 1.8 | 12.2 |
| League City | B | 0.9 | 11.5 |
| College Station | B− | 1.5 | 10.9 |
| Richardson | C+ | 1.4 | 17.8 |
| Conroe | C+ | 2.4 | 15.6 |
| Odessa | C | 3.3 | 15.8 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to New Braunfels’ population (122,492), 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 New Braunfels. 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 New Braunfels’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (123,668 in 2025); our figure for New Braunfels is 122,492 (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 New Braunfels
Is New Braunfels, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, New Braunfels reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #193 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.8 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 New Braunfels?
1.8 violent and 12.2 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 New Braunfels in 2025?
New Braunfels’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is New Braunfels safer than Schertz?
Schertz reports less crime per resident than New Braunfels: Schertz grades B for safety and New Braunfels B−. Schertz’s police reported 1.7 violent and 8.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices New Braunfels?
New Braunfels’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New Braunfels”. 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.