Table 3

Crime in Texas by City, Year = 2006
Ranked by Violent 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 Violent crime - Rate Violent Crime - Percent of all Crime Property crime Property Crime - Rate Property Crime - Percent of all Crime  
1 Texarkana 36,759 2,838 7,721 462 1,257 16% 2,376 6,464 84%  
2 Dallas 1,248,223 100,650 8,063 15,058 1,206 15% 85,592 6,857 85%  
3 Houston 2,073,729 145,303 7,007 24,250 1,169 17% 121,053 5,837 83%  
4 Henderson 11,822 996 8,425 125 1,057 13% 871 7,368 87%  
5 Orange 18,564 1,447 7,795 195 1,050 13% 1,252 6,744 87%  
6 Terrell 18,166 1,155 6,358 187 1,029 16% 968 5,329 84%  
7 Lubbock 215,681 14,542 6,742 2,169 1,006 15% 12,373 5,737 85%  
8 Beaumont 114,967 8,117 7,060 1,155 1,005 14% 6,962 6,056 86%  
9 Galveston 59,094 3,832 6,485 593 1,003 15% 3,239 5,481 85%  
10 Kingsville 25,441 1,520 5,975 245 963 16% 1,275 5,012 84%  
11 Pampa 17,218 1,055 6,127 165 958 16% 890 5,169 84%  
12 Longview 77,752 5,621 7,229 719 925 13% 4,902 6,305 87%  
13 Bay City 18,842 1,060 5,626 166 881 16% 894 4,745 84%  
14 Greenville 26,364 1,655 6,277 230 872 14% 1,425 5,405 86%  
15 Bryan 68,185 4,349 6,378 589 864 14% 3,760 5,514 86%  
16 Amarillo 188,208 12,703 6,749 1,623 862 13% 11,080 5,887 87%  
17 Paris8 27,291 2,001 7,332 220 806 11% 1,781 6,526 89%  
18 Jacinto City 10,227 442 4,322 79 772 18% 363 3,549 82%  
19 Waco 123,879 8,464 6,832 952 768 11% 7,512 6,064 89%  
20 Killeen 103,073 6,258 6,071 787 764 13% 5,471 5,308 87%  
21 Gainesville 17,039 1,026 6,021 130 763 13% 896 5,259 87%  
22 Alice 20,072 1,809 9,013 152 757 8% 1,657 8,255 92%  
23 South Houston 16,679 887 5,318 124 743 14% 763 4,575 86%  
24 Addison 14,054 1,384 9,848 104 740 8% 1,280 9,108 92%  
25 Arlington 373,086 22,394 6,002 2,728 731 12% 19,666 5,271 88%  
26 Corpus Christi 291,507 21,208 7,275 2,070 710 10% 19,138 6,565 90%  
27 Forest Hill 13,602 532 3,911 95 698 18% 437 3,213 82%  
28 Humble 15,222 1,666 10,945 106 696 6% 1,560 10,248 94%  
29 Port Arthur 58,290 2,469 4,236 394 676 16% 2,075 3,560 84%  
30 Fort Worth 641,752 40,682 6,339 4,209 656 10% 36,473 5,683 90%  
31 Vernon 11,391 679 5,961 74 650 11% 605 5,311 89%  
32 La Marque 14,253 677 4,750 92 645 14% 585 4,104 86%  
33 Lufkin 34,472 1,624 4,711 221 641 14% 1,403 4,070 86%  
34 Odessa 96,197 4,268 4,437 614 638 14% 3,654 3,798 86%  
35 Brownwood 20,120 1,251 6,218 128 636 10% 1,123 5,582 90%  
36 Palestine 18,420 841 4,566 115 624 14% 726 3,941 86%  
37 San Antonio 1,292,116 86,598 6,702 7,977 617 9% 78,621 6,085 91%  
38 Balch Springs 20,027 1,344 6,711 123 614 9% 1,221 6,097 91%  
39 Tyler 94,541 4,876 5,158 563 596 12% 4,313 4,562 88%  
40 Borger 13,682 957 6,995 79 577 8% 878 6,417 92%  
41 Jacksonville 14,803 742 5,012 85 574 11% 657 4,438 89%  
42 Marshall 24,686 1,233 4,995 141 571 11% 1,092 4,424 89%  
43 Laredo 214,670 13,709 6,386 1,198 558 9% 12,511 5,828 91%  
44 Big Spring 24,940 1,297 5,200 138 553 11% 1,159 4,647 89%  
45 Donna 16,295 1,135 6,965 90 552 8% 1,045 6,413 92%  
46 Lockhart 13,951 483 3,462 77 552 16% 406 2,910 84%  
47 Harlingen 64,084 4,923 7,682 353 551 7% 4,570 7,131 93%  
48 Victoria 63,541 3,310 5,209 337 530 10% 2,973 4,679 90%  
49 Lancaster 33,146 1,810 5,461 175 528 10% 1,635 4,933 90%  
50 Cleburne 30,011 1,487 4,955 158 526 11% 1,329 4,428 89%  
51 Hurst 39,043 2,442 6,255 203 520 8% 2,239 5,735 92%  
52 Angleton 19,293 670 3,473 100 518 15% 570 2,954 85%  
53 Austin 709,813 45,231 6,372 3,658 515 8% 41,573 5,857 92%  
54 Bedford 49,761 1,869 3,756 254 510 14% 1,615 3,246 86%  
55 Clute 11,035 571 5,174 56 507 10% 515 4,667 90%  
56 Brownsville 172,239 9,252 5,372 867 503 9% 8,385 4,868