Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Mesquite, TX Crime Grade
How Mesquite 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
10/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Mesquite, TX was 452.8 per 100,000 residents (680 incidents over a population of 150,193). That puts Mesquite Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 31% above the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Mesquite (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Mesquite 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 | 528.3(728) | 467.3(688) | 511.1(756) | 503.4(749) | 452.8(680) |
| Murder | 9.4(13) | 6.1(9) | 3.4(5) | 4.0(6) | 8.7(13) |
| Rape | 39.2(54) | 38.7(57) | 37.2(55) | 41.0(61) | 38.6(58) |
| Robbery | 120.5(166) | 91.0(134) | 102.8(152) | 80.6(120) | 70.6(106) |
| Aggravated assault | 359.2(495) | 331.5(488) | 367.8(544) | 377.7(562) | 334.9(503) |
| Property crime | 3474.7(4,788) | 3654.9(5,381) | 3675.5(5,437) | 2981.1(4,436) | 2200.5(3,305) |
| Burglary | 399.9(551) | 487.7(718) | 293.4(434) | 391.8(583) | 245.7(369) |
| Larceny | 2475.4(3,411) | 2457.4(3,618) | 2451.9(3,627) | 1965.0(2,924) | 1586.6(2,383) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 590.0(813) | 703.7(1,036) | 923.4(1,366) | 618.9(921) | 362.2(544) |
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: Mesquite'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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