Crime rate & statistics
Austin Crime Rate & Safety Statistics
How Austin's crime rate stacks up against the national average, and what the property-versus-violent split looks like on the ground.
Key indices
Austin crime at a glance
Index values are scaled so that 100 equals the U.S. average.
Your odds
Estimated victimization risk
Calibrated against national benchmark rates and expressed as everyday odds.
Trend
Is crime rising or falling in Austin?
Reported incidents per month over the most recent year of data.
Context
How to read these numbers
For a city its size, Austin's violent crime rate sits on the lower end among major Texas metros, while property crime — theft from vehicles, retail theft, and burglary — accounts for the overwhelming share of total reports. Rapid population growth means raw counts can rise even when per-capita risk holds steady, so rates per resident tell a clearer story than totals alone.
We convert Austin's crime indices into estimated rates per 100,000 residents using national benchmarks, then restate them as plain odds — roughly a “1 in N” chance over a year. Each index is anchored so that 100 matches the national average: 140 means about 40% more of that offense than a typical U.S. community, and 75 means about a quarter less. Letter grades place every area on the same A-to-F curve calibrated across cities nationwide.