Table 2

Crime in Texas by City, Year = 2006
Ranked by Total Crime Rate
Cities with Population 10,000 or More
Source: FBI's Uniform Crime Report, 2006
Chart Compiled by Russ Long, April 2008
Rank City Population Total Crime Crime Rate Violent crime Murder Forcible rape Robbery Assault Property crime Burglary Larceny - theft Motor vehicle theft
1 Humble 15,222 1,666 10,945 106 3 10 58 35 1,560 144 1,192 224
2 Addison 14,054 1,384 9,848 104 3 5 36 60 1,280 190 955 135
3 Alice 20,072 1,809 9,013 152 0 8 5 139 1,657 292 1,310 55
4 Henderson 11,822 996 8,425 125 0 11 14 100 871 161 663 47
5 Dallas 1,248,223 100,650 8,063 15,058 187 665 6,914 7,292 85,592 21,653 50,009 13,930
6 Kilgore 12,194 956 7,840 41 0 11 8 22 915 153 713 49
7 Orange 18,564 1,447 7,795 195 0 17 48 130 1,252 332 826 94
8 Texarkana 36,759 2,838 7,721 462 3 30 75 354 2,376 451 1,803 122
9 Harlingen 64,084 4,923 7,682 353 3 22 67 261 4,570 1,043 3,255 272
10 Uvalde 16,907 1,262 7,464 85 1 5 12 67 1,177 268 886 23
11 Paris8 27,291 2,001 7,332 220 2 15 27 176 1,781 414 1,334 33
12 Corpus Christi 291,507 21,208 7,275 2,070 21 167 468 1,414 19,138 3,005 15,261 872
13 Longview 77,752 5,621 7,229 719 10 56 117 536 4,902 1,103 3,318 481
14 Weslaco 32,333 2,300 7,113 153 1 6 40 106 2,147 421 1,499 227
15 Alamo 16,429 1,165 7,091 67 0 0 17 50 1,098 113 887 98
16 Beaumont 114,967 8,117 7,060 1,155 10 75 344 726 6,962 1,887 4,525 550
17 Houston 2,073,729 145,303 7,007 24,250 377 854 11,371 11,648 121,053 26,869 73,091 21,093
18 Borger 13,682 957 6,995 79 0 14 9 56 878 178 639 61
19 Donna 16,295 1,135 6,965 90 2 5 16 67 1,045 176 793 76
20 Waco 123,879 8,464 6,832 952 9 72 257 614 7,512 2,188 4,869 455
21 Amarillo 188,208 12,703 6,749 1,623 5 98 401 1,119 11,080 2,412 7,617 1,051
22 Lubbock 215,681 14,542 6,742 2,169 13 98 367 1,691 12,373 3,070 8,610 693
23 Balch Springs 20,027 1,344 6,711 123 1 22 35 65 1,221 194 889 138
24 San Antonio 1,292,116 86,598 6,702 7,977 119 514 2,321 5,023 78,621 14,629 57,377 6,615
25 Edinburg 64,513 4,322 6,699 263 1 13 49 200 4,059 681 2,969 409
26 Wichita Falls 102,675 6,776 6,599 491 9 27 169 286 6,285 1,291 4,574 420
27 Galveston 59,094 3,832 6,485 593 4 120 166 303 3,239 657 2,278 304
28 San Benito 25,399 1,634 6,433 76 1 10 14 51 1,558 331 1,172 55
29 Laredo 214,670 13,709 6,386 1,198 22 96 266 814 12,511 1,643 9,661 1,207
30 Bryan 68,185 4,349 6,378 589 6 31 100 452 3,760 1,004 2,570 186
31 Austin 709,813 45,231 6,372 3,658 20 319 1,358 1,961 41,573 7,467 31,562 2,544
32 Terrell 18,166 1,155 6,358 187 2 17 40 128 968 241 637 90
33 Fort Worth 641,752 40,682 6,339 4,209 49 247 1,417 2,496 36,473 8,998 24,128 3,347
34 Greenville 26,364 1,655 6,277 230 2 6 45 177 1,425 357 954 114
35 Hurst 39,043 2,442 6,255 203 1 18 46 138 2,239 293 1,815 131
36 Plainview 22,614 1,414 6,253 105 0 14 13 78 1,309 256 1,005 48
37 Brownwood 20,120 1,251 6,218 128 0 18 14 96 1,123 284 800 39
38 Pampa 17,218 1,055 6,127 165 0 31 8 126 890 244 597 49
39 Haltom City 41,005 2,510 6,121 190 2 18 44 126 2,320 507 1,542 271
40 Killeen 103,073 6,258 6,071 787 8 81 246 452 5,471 2,121 3,108 242
41 Texas City 45,529 2,747 6,034 195 2 13 91 89 2,552 765 1,614 173
42 Gainesville 17,039 1,026 6,021 130 2 7 19 102 896 235 608 53
43 Arlington 373,086 22,394 6,002 2,728 14 192 890 1,632 19,666 4,042 13,905 1,719
44 Kingsville 25,441 1,520 5,975 245 0 3 19 223 1,275 372 858 45
45 Vernon 11,391 679 5,961 74 0 5 11 58 605 90 497 18
46 Pharr 60,658 3,529 5,818 190 4 26 62 98 3,339 597 2,525 217
47 McAllen 127,125 7,309 5,749 383 4 28 123 228 6,926 637 5,820 469
48 Seagoville 11,427 654 5,723 38 0 2 12 24 616 152 387 77
49 Bay City 18,842 1,060 5,626 166 1 3 58 104 894 210