Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Houston, TX Crime Grade
How Houston 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 Houston, TX was 886.1 per 100,000 residents (21,386 incidents over a population of 2,413,559). That puts Houston Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 156% above the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Houston (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Houston 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 | 1233.6(28,856) | 1159.9(26,405) | 1108.0(25,533) | 1154.6(26,777) | 886.1(21,386) |
| Murder | 20.3(475) | 19.2(437) | 15.3(353) | 14.3(331) | 11.3(272) |
| Rape | 59.4(1,389) | 58.2(1,325) | 67.4(1,553) | 75.5(1,750) | 57.1(1,378) |
| Robbery | 331.6(7,756) | 306.4(6,976) | 296.0(6,821) | 274.2(6,360) | 200.9(4,848) |
| Aggravated assault | 822.3(19,236) | 776.0(17,667) | 729.3(16,806) | 790.6(18,336) | 616.8(14,888) |
| Property crime | 4149.5(97,067) | 4636.3(105,546) | 4549.4(104,837) | 4324.5(100,293) | 3814.8(92,073) |
| Burglary | 633.2(14,811) | 663.4(15,103) | 609.0(14,033) | 647.5(15,017) | 484.6(11,696) |
| Larceny | 2825.3(66,092) | 3185.9(72,529) | 3050.1(70,286) | 2960.0(68,647) | 2802.3(67,634) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 671.0(15,696) | 766.7(17,454) | 873.1(20,120) | 706.9(16,394) | 520.3(12,558) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Houston's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Texas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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