Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Copperas Cove, TX Crime Grade
How Copperas Cove 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
7/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Copperas Cove, TX was 267.4 per 100,000 residents (108 incidents over a population of 40,386). That puts Copperas Cove Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 23% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Copperas Cove #2,477 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 34% of them, and #158 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 25% year over year and down 53% over the last five years.
Copperas Cove, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Texas Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 267.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,477 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #158 of 250
- Safer than
- 34% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 25%
- 5-year change
- down 53%
- Population
- 40,386
- Reporting agency
- Copperas Cove Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Copperas Cove Police Department (FBI ORI TX0500100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Copperas Cove, TX
Also known as
- Coperas Cove
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. Copperas Cove (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Copperas Cove 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 | 571.2(192) | 459.8(174) | 409.3(158) | 355.5(140) | 267.4(108) |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Copperas Cove, 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 Copperas Cove 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 Copperas Cove calculated?
- Copperas Cove'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 Copperas Cove 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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