Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Azle, TX Crime Grade
How Azle grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Texas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
5/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Azle, TX was 180.9 per 100,000 residents (28 incidents over a population of 15,480). That puts Azle 44% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 48% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Azle #1,897 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 50% of them, and #112 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 25% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Azle, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Texas Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 180.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,897 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #112 of 250
- Safer than
- 50% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 25%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 15,480
- Reporting agency
- Azle Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Azle Police Department (FBI ORI TX2200200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Azle, TX
Also known as
- O'Bar
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Azle (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Azle vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 251.5(35) | 293.8(40) | 337.4(48) | 240.6(36) | 180.9(28) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 50.3(7) | 95.5(13) | 105.4(15) | 53.5(8) | 64.6(10) |
| Robbery | 21.6(3) | 36.7(5) | 21.1(3) | 20.1(3) | 25.8(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 179.6(25) | 154.2(21) | 210.9(30) | 160.4(24) | 90.4(14) |
| Property crime | 1817.9(253) | 2276.9(310) | 1567.3(223) | 1644.3(246) | 1479.3(229) |
| Burglary | 294.6(41) | 257.1(35) | 246.0(35) | 220.6(33) | 135.7(21) |
| Larceny | 1264.6(176) | 1806.8(246) | 1222.9(174) | 1276.7(191) | 1259.7(195) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 258.7(36) | 213.0(29) | 91.4(13) | 147.0(22) | 84.0(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Azle, TX Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Azle Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Azle calculated?
- Azle's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Texas state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Texas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Azle Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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