Most Dangerous Cities in Texas 2023

Violent crime in the United States is most likely to be committed in urban areas, Violent crime field is made up of rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and murder. In 2023, the most dangerous cities in Texas are Beaumont, Houston, Lubbock, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Dallas, Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Pasadena and Mesquite. There are many of the safest cities in Texas and there are cities with violent crime rates that exceed the national average, To determine the most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, we have reviewed the number of violent crimes reported in 2022 and 2021 per 1,000 residents, with data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program 2022 data.

As per the latest crime data, Below list is the most dangerous cities in the Texas State from Jan 2023 to June 2023 by Rank, crime data based on the violent crimes in 2023(Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault).

Rank	City	Population (2022)	Violent Crime (2023*)	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Aggravated Assault	Property Crime (2023*)	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor Vehicle Theft	Arson	Violent Crime per 1000 persons (2023)	Property Cases per 1000 (2023)
1	Beaumont	110,898	818	7	73	107	631	1,821	304	1,331	186	9	7.38	16.42
2	Houston	2,276,533	11,474	159	630	3,045	7,640	47,480	6,606	31,844	9,030	175	5.04	20.86
3	Lubbock	264,142	1,147	4	101	177	865	4,097	838	2,842	417	36	4.34	15.51
4	Corpus Christi	317,694	1,331	11	117	188	1,015	4,687	808	3,467	412	25	4.19	14.75
5	San Antonio	1,465,608	5,176	83	689	857	3,547	37,039	3,932	24,396	8,711	109	3.53	25.27
6	Dallas	1,286,121	4,394	126	224	991	3,053	23,852	2,970	12,597	8,285	52	3.42	18.55
7	Amarillo	201,572	687	7	82	92	506	3,150	487	2,348	315	18	3.41	15.63
8	Wichita Falls	103,337	300	2	61	35	202	1,217	222	900	95	1	2.90	11.78
9	Pasadena	145,954	416	3	72	58	283	1,969	257	1,350	362	4	2.85	13.49
10	Mesquite	147,226	415	2	23	84	306	2,600	202	1,724	674	5	2.82	17.66
11	Waco	140,911	385	7	59	43	276	1,717	257	1,293	167	6	2.73	12.18
12	Austin	965,234	2,463	30	216	475	1,742	14,410	2,098	9,092	3,220	98	2.55	14.93
13	Fort Worth	948,605	2,304	33	276	328	1,667	11,343	1,659	7,841	1,843	48	2.43	11.96
14	Arlington	391,591	928	7	137	112	672	4,765	523	3,567	675	8	2.37	12.17
15	Killeen	159,546	367	5	48	43	271	1,273	279	788	206	5	2.30	7.98
16	Midland	129,945	293	4	36	25	228	1,118	177	811	130	2	2.25	8.60
17	Tyler	108,422	227	5	35	24	163	1,219	154	951	114	2	2.09	11.24
18	Laredo	256,973	538	3	57	42	436	1,596	224	1,232	140	19	2.09	6.21
19	Abilene	125,186	261	5	47	33	176	1,093	215	798	80	2	2.08	8.73
20	Odessa	110,163	229	1	23	24	181	944	136	693	115	5	2.08	8.57
21	El Paso	678,232	1,159	14	129	161	855	5,062	511	3,676	875	40	1.71	7.46
22	Irving	254,141	379	8	76	79	216	3,028	312	2,179	537	6	1.49	11.91
23	Edinburg	104,987	152	1	35	17	99	1,235	83	1,103	49	1	1.45	11.76
24	Lewisville	113,568	157	3	32	24	98	1,133	124	824	185	1	1.38	9.98
25	Grand Prairie	199,663	238	3	41	34	160	1,721	143	1,272	306	4	1.19	8.62
26	Garland	241,095	268	4	40	68	156	2,762	382	1,757	623	10	1.11	11.46
27	New Braunfels	107,017	91	0	10	15	66	553	83	391	79	0	0.85	5.17
28	Plano	289,847	237	0	45	53	139	2,506	299	1,922	285	8	0.82	8.65
29	Carrollton	133,610	100	2	9	19	70	1,032	121	796	115	1	0.75	7.72
30	Allen	108,135	76	8	12	8	48	468	34	399	35	1	0.70	4.33
31	College Station	121,618	84	4	22	12	46	735	89	588	58	0	0.69	6.04
32	Richardson	115,771	76	1	12	24	39	1,294	184	842	268	2	0.66	11.18
33	Round Rock	127,349	77	1	20	12	44	1,585	106	1,346	133	4	0.60	12.45
34	Pearland	125,894	76	0	11	16	49	1,107	87	952	68	0	0.60	8.79
35	League City	116,511	70	3	16	11	40	712	60	597	55	0	0.60	6.11
36	McAllen	145,510	83	2	21	19	41	1,337	85	1,225	27	1	0.57	9.19
37	McKinney	208,415	116	3	15	10	88	964	72	781	111	4	0.56	4.63
38	Frisco	218,962	103	0	20	13	70	1,593	146	1,348	99	10	0.47	7.28
39	Sugar Land	107,989	39	2	6	20	11	652	28	587	37	0	0.36	6.04

Source : crime-data
* As per FBI Crime data, Most dangerous cities in US List from January 2023 to June 2023, Updated in OCTOBER, 2023.

According FBI crime statistics, The below list is the most dangerous cities in the Texas State in 2022 by Rank, crime data based on the violent crimes in 2022(Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Mass shootings). Below is the latest dangerous list of Texas State in 2022.

Violent Crime Rank	City	Population (2022)	Violent Crime 2021	Violent Crime (till Sep 2022)	Property Crime (2021)	Property Crime (till Sep 2022)	Violent Crime per 1000	Property Crime per 1000 people	Total Crime per 1000
1	Houston	2,305,709	6,868	19,716	23,006	78,058	8.55	33.85	42.41
2	Lubbock	265,593	578	2,157	2,352	8,126	8.12	30.60	38.72
3	Beaumont	113,954	286	833	780	3,171	7.31	27.83	35.14
4	San Antonio	1,469,372	2,371	9,349	13,289	53,613	6.36	36.49	42.85
5	Corpus Christi	321,614	686	1,974	2,635	7,524	6.14	23.39	29.53
6	Dallas	1,295,222	2,729	7,708	10,588	36,466	5.95	28.15	34.11
7	Waco	141,637	210	704	842	3,729	4.97	26.33	31.30
8	Arlington	397,810	554	1,797	2,440	7,321	4.52	18.40	22.92
9	Killeen	158,449	234	657	586	2,025	4.15	12.78	16.93
10	Tyler	107,262	114	442	731	1,965	4.12	18.32	22.44
11	Austin	976,696	1,137	3,959	8,449	25,471	4.05	26.08	30.13
12	Pasadena	149,464	232	604	955	3,031	4.04	20.28	24.32
13	Wichita Falls	103,101	137	400	784	2,258	3.88	21.90	25.78
14	Odessa	117,855	165	454	709	1,698	3.85	14.41	18.26
15	Fort Worth	957,803	1,135	3,646	5,787	19,618	3.81	20.48	24.29
16	Mesquite	149,018	157	528	1,078	3,837	3.54	25.75	29.29
17	Abilene	130,990	116	426	562	1,862	3.25	14.21	17.47
18	Irving	257,629	182	658	1,368	4,853	2.55	18.84	21.39
19	San Angelo	100,193	105	254	636	1,978	2.54	19.74	22.28
20	Edinburg	103,557	83	258	556	1,717	2.49	16.58	19.07
21	El Paso	681,069	406	1,544	2,308	6,893	2.27	10.12	12.39
22	Lewisville	114,016	67	254	460	1,797	2.23	15.76	17.99
23	Laredo	260,465	165	553	725	2,435	2.12	9.35	11.47
24	Garland	245,290	145	450	1,304	4,641	1.83	18.92	20.76
25	Grand Prairie	200,200	99	330	861	2,781	1.65	13.89	15.54
26	Carrollton	133,623	64	212	434	1,603	1.59	12.00	13.58
27	College Station	120,780	45	182	528	1,790	1.51	14.82	16.33
28	New Braunfels	99,812	51	142	299	960	1.42	9.62	11.04
29	McAllen	145,643	46	195	657	2,004	1.34	13.76	15.10
30	Round Rock	128,706	60	172	515	2,143	1.34	16.65	17.99
31	Plano	289,462	108	337	1,053	4,092	1.16	14.14	15.30
32	Richardson	117,277	44	134	600	2,006	1.14	17.10	18.25
33	League City	115,845	29	101	347	1,134	0.87	9.79	10.66
34	Frisco	216,530	51	162	430	2,001	0.75	9.24	9.99
35	McKinney	206,177	62	153	487	1,643	0.74	7.97	8.71
36	Sugar Land	109,813	15	78	345	1,386	0.71	12.62	13.33
37	Pearland	121,751	34	84	437	1,610	0.69	13.22	13.91

As per FBI Crime data, Most dangerous cities in Texas State, List Updated in Jan, 2023.

Top 10 most dangerous cities in Texas by 2023

The top ten in most dangerous cities in Texas are Beaumont, Houston, Lubbock, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Dallas, Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Pasadena and Mesquite. In any city Crime will not be everywhere, Crime is often concentrated in some of the neighbourhoods, we listed few cities to take extra care when choosing the city and the area.

Beaumont population is 110,898. There are 818 crime cases in 2023, It is the most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 7.38 per 1000 residents in 2023. Beaumont recorded 7 Murders, 631 cases of Aggravated Assault, 73 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 9 Arson, 186 Motor vehicle thefts, 304 Burglary cases in 2023.

Houston population is 2.3 million. There are 11,474 crime cases in 2023, It is the second most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 5.04 per 1000 residents in 2023. Houston recorded 159 Murders, 7,640 cases of Aggravated Assault, 630 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 175 Arson, 9,030 Motor vehicle thefts, 6,606 Burglary cases in 2023. There are 6,868 violent cases in 2021 and 6,241 in 2022. It is among the most dangerous cities in Texas, In 2022, violent crimes occur at a rate of about 2.67 per 1,000 residents, and property crimes much higher at 10.71 per 1,000 residents. The five most dangerous neighbourhoods of houston are Sunnyside, MacGregor, Sharpstown, Greenspoint and Far North.

Lubbock population is 264,142. There are 1,147 crime cases in 2023, It is the third most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 4.34 per 1000 residents in 2023. Lubbock recorded 4 Murders, 865 cases of Aggravated Assault, 101 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 36 Arson, 417 Motor vehicle thefts, 838 Burglary cases in 2023.

Corpus Christi population is 317,694. There are 1,331 crime cases in 2023, It is the fourth most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 4.19 per 1000 residents in 2023. Corpus Christi recorded 11 Murders, 1,015 cases of Aggravated Assault, 117 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 25 Arson, 412 Motor vehicle thefts, 808 Burglary cases in 2023.

San Antonio population is 1.46 million. There are 5,176 crime cases in 2023, It is the fifth most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 3.53 per 1000 residents in 2023. San Antonio recorded 83 Murders, 3,547 cases of Aggravated Assault, 689 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 109 Arson, 8,711 Motor vehicle thefts, 3,932 Burglary cases in 2023. In 2022, Violent crime at 1.83 per 1000 persons and property crime at 10.83 per 1000 people. The five bad neighbourhoods in San Antonio are Pecan Valley, East Terrell Hills, Arena District, Villa De San Antonio and Westwood Village.

Dallas population is 1,286,121. There are 4,394 crime cases in 2023, It is the sixth most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 3.42 per 1000 residents in 2023. Dallas recorded 126 Murders, 3,053 cases of Aggravated Assault, 224 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 52 Arson, 8,285 Motor vehicle thefts, 2,970 Burglary cases in 2023.

Amarillo population is 201,572. There are 687 crime cases in 2023, It is the seventh most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 3.41 per 1000 residents in 2023. Amarillo recorded 7 Murders, 506 cases of Aggravated Assault, 82 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 18 Arson, 315 Motor vehicle thefts, 487 Burglary cases in 2023.

Wichita Falls population is 103,337. There are 300 crime cases in 2023, It is the eighth most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 2.90 per 1000 residents in 2023. Wichita Falls recorded 2 Murders, 202 cases of Aggravated Assault, 61 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 1 Arson, 95 Motor vehicle thefts, 222 Burglary cases in 2023.

Pasadena population is 145,954. There are 416 crime cases in 2023, It is the ninth most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 2.85 per 1000 residents in 2023. Pasadena recorded 3 Murders, 283 cases of Aggravated Assault, 72 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 4 Arson, 362 Motor vehicle thefts, 257 Burglary cases in 2023.

Mesquite population is 147,226. There are 415 crime cases in 2023, It is the tenth most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 2.82 per 1000 residents in 2023. Mesquite recorded 2 Murders, 306 cases of Aggravated Assault, 23 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 5 Arson, 674 Motor vehicle thefts, 202 Burglary cases in 2023.

Waco population is 140,911. There are 385 crime cases in 2023, It is the eleventh most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 2.73 per 1000 residents in 2023. Waco recorded 7 Murders, 276 cases of Aggravated Assault, 59 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 6 Arson, 167 Motor vehicle thefts, 257 Burglary cases in 2023.

Austin population is 965,234. There are 2,463 crime cases in 2023, It is the twelfth most dangerous cities in Texas in 2023, Violent crime occur at the rate of about 2.55 per 1000 residents in 2023. Austin recorded 30 Murders, 1,742 cases of Aggravated Assault, 216 Rape cases, and in the crime against property there were 98 Arson, 3,220 Motor vehicle thefts, 2,098 Burglary cases in 2023.