Most Dangerous Cities in Texas 2025

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. By 2025, The most dangerous city in Texas is Beaumont, Houston, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Dallas, San Antonio, Mesquite, Pasadena, Arlington and Killeen. There are many of the safest cities in Texas, some of them are Coppell, Friendswood, Leander, Rockwall and Wylie, which has zero homicides. There are cities with violent crime rates that exceed the national average, To determine the most dangerous cities in Texas in 2025, we have reviewed the number of violent crimes reported in 2024, 2023,2022 and 2021 per 1,000 residents, with data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program 2024 data.

As per the latest crime data, Below list is the most dangerous cities in the Texas State from Jan 2024 to Sep 2024 by Rank, crime data based on the violent crimes in 2025(Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault).

Rank (2025)	City	Population	Total Violent Crimes	Total Property Crimes	Violent Crimes per 1000 persons
1	Beaumont	110,671	700	1,856	6.33
2	Houston	2,304,406	12,163	49,035	5.28
3	Corpus Christi	315,340	1,369	4,595	4.34
4	Lubbock	266,960	1,157	3,350	4.33
5	Dallas	1,304,989	4,037	23,077	3.09
6	San Antonio	1,490,047	4,396	35,325	2.95
7	Mesquite	147,926	402	2,275	2.72
8	Pasadena	145,850	389	1,701	2.67
9	Arlington	394,799	950	4,616	2.41
10	Killeen	161,968	386	1,019	2.38
11	Austin	978,816	2,228	15,522	2.28
12	Fort Worth	973,722	2,168	12,180	2.23
13	Abilene	128,387	274	1,133	2.13
14	Waco	145,741	306	1,621	2.10
15	Tyler	110,824	229	1,113	2.07
16	Laredo	256,542	479	1,839	1.87
17	Midland	135,253	228	875	1.69
18	Odessa	111,922	185	968	1.65
19	Edinburg	106,137	162	915	1.53
20	Irving	255,203	343	2,691	1.34
21	Conroe	106,904	141	978	1.32
22	Grand Prairie	205,487	230	1,678	1.12
23	Garland	240,051	262	2,460	1.09
24	Lewisville	133,694	124	992	0.93
25	McAllen	145,684	120	1,330	0.82
26	Plano	291,140	225	2,089	0.77
27	College Station	126,136	97	559	0.77
28	Round Rock	129,898	98	1,227	0.75
29	Carrollton	134,261	91	919	0.68
30	New Braunfels	111,942	71	614	0.63
31	McKinney	212,716	122	831	0.57
32	Richardson	119,008	68	1,111	0.57
33	Pearland	127,433	69	892	0.54
34	League City	115,791	61	681	0.53
35	Frisco	228,527	106	1,082	0.46
36	Sugar Land	108,718	44	767	0.40
37	Allen	114,696	42	454	0.37

Source : crime-data
* As per FBI Crime data, Most dangerous cities in US List from January 2024 to Sep 2024, Updated in October, 2024.

2023 Most dangerous cities in Texas

The most dangerous cities in Texas are, ranked as per the hightest violent crimes per 1,000 people:

Rank	City	Population (2022)	Total Violent Crimes	Total Property Crimes (2023)	Violent Crimes per 1000 persons (2023)
1	Beaumont	110,898	1,185	2,730	10.69
2	Houston	2,276,533	17,911	73,511	7.87
3	Lubbock	264,142	1,704	6,396	6.45
4	Corpus Christi	317,694	2,034	7,383	6.40
5	San Antonio	1,465,608	7,941	59,238	5.42
6	Amarillo	201,572	1,088	4,726	5.40
7	Dallas	1,286,121	6,836	38,422	5.32
8	Pasadena	145,954	680	2,996	4.66
9	Mesquite	147,226	587	4,122	3.99
10	Waco	140,911	555	2,815	3.94
11	Wichita Falls	103,337	406	1,780	3.93
12	Austin	965,234	3,711	22,408	3.84
13	Fort Worth	948,605	3,477	18,001	3.67
14	Killeen	159,546	563	1,973	3.53
15	Arlington	391,591	1,378	7,165	3.52
16	Midland	129,945	439	1,851	3.38
17	Tyler	108,422	360	1,812	3.32
18	Laredo	256,973	818	2,507	3.18
19	Odessa	110,163	349	1,423	3.17
20	Abilene	125,186	393	1,670	3.14
21	El Paso	678,232	1,749	7,811	2.58
22	Edinburg	104,987	251	1,786	2.39
23	Irving	254,141	554	4,704	2.18
24	Lewisville	113,568	223	1,699	1.96
25	Garland	241,095	433	4,241	1.80
26	Grand Prairie	199,663	310	2,520	1.55
27	Plano	289,847	371	3,718	1.28
28	Carrollton	133,610	161	1,523	1.20
29	College Station	121,618	141	1,189	1.16
30	New Braunfels	107,017	117	1,007	1.09
31	Richardson	115,771	122	1,923	1.05
32	Round Rock	127,349	129	2,055	1.01
33	McAllen	145,510	144	2,085	0.99
34	Allen3	108,135	99	705	0.92
35	League City	116,511	106	1,022	0.91
36	McKinney	208,415	184	1,445	0.88
37	Pearland	125,894	96	1,628	0.76
38	Frisco	218,962	140	2,375	0.64
39	Sugar Land	107,989	58	996	0.54

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

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.