Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Big Spring, TX Crime Grade
How Big Spring 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
10/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Big Spring, TX was 855.8 per 100,000 residents (186 incidents over a population of 21,734). That puts Big Spring 163% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 148% above the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Big Spring #3,627 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 4% of them, and #245 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is up 11% year over year and up 20% over the last five years.
Big Spring, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Texas Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 855.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,627 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #245 of 250
- Safer than
- 4% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 11%
- 5-year change
- up 20%
- Population
- 21,734
- Reporting agency
- Big Spring Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Big Spring Police Department (FBI ORI TX1140100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Big Spring, TX
Also known as
- Big Springs
- Bigspring
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. Big Spring (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Big Spring 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 | 713.6(201) | 696.9(176) | 734.0(183) | 771.8(164) | 855.8(186) |
| Murder | 21.3(6) | 19.8(5) | 16.0(4) | 14.1(3) | 18.4(4) |
| Rape | 39.1(11) | 75.2(19) | 84.2(21) | 65.9(14) | 46.0(10) |
| Robbery | 67.5(19) | 59.4(15) | 36.1(9) | 47.1(10) | 41.4(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 585.8(165) | 542.5(137) | 597.6(149) | 644.7(137) | 750.0(163) |
| Property crime | 2336.1(658) | 2177.9(550) | 2230.0(556) | 2804.8(596) | 2424.8(527) |
| Burglary | 525.5(148) | 467.3(118) | 437.2(109) | 607.1(129) | 345.1(75) |
| Larceny | 1576.4(444) | 1512.6(382) | 1568.2(391) | 1887.1(401) | 1895.6(412) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 223.7(63) | 186.1(47) | 216.6(54) | 301.2(64) | 184.0(40) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Big Spring, 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 Big Spring 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 Big Spring calculated?
- Big Spring'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 Big Spring 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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