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Texas

Big State, Bigger Adventures

A Message from the Governor

Governor Abbott fights to preserve Texas values and ensure the Lone Star State remains the best place to live, work, and raise a family.

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Greg Abbott

About Texas

Texas, often called the “Lone Star State,” lives up to its reputation as a land of vast horizons and grand experiences. With its diverse landscapes, rich cultural heritage, and a spirit of independence, Texas offers a wide range of adventures for those who dare to explore its boundless terrain.

Texas boasts a diverse natural beauty, from the rugged canyons of Big Bend National Park to the Gulf Coast’s pristine beaches. The Hill Country enchants with rolling hills, while the Piney Woods offer lush forests and clear lakes. Whether you’re hiking, fishing, or stargazing, Texas provides endless outdoor possibilities.

Texas Mountains During Sunrise

Crimes Overview

In Texas, the murder crime rate is slightly higher than the national average, while the rape rate is lower. However, the assault rate is significantly higher than the national average. Robbery is not a major concern, but the kidnapping rate is higher than the national average.

Texas faces challenges with burglary and vandalism rates, both above the national average. Theft is another area of focus, with a crime rate higher than the national average, including motor vehicle theft. On a positive note, the state experiences a much lower rate of identity theft compared to the national average.

Drug offenses and weapon law violations are significant concerns in Texas, with rates significantly higher than the national average. Addressing drug-related crimes and weapon law violations are important priorities for law enforcement and policymakers in the state.

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Texas Crime Rates by City

Abernathy

Abilene

Addison

Alamo

Alamo Heights

Alba

Alice

Alpine

Alton

Alvarado

Alvin

Amarillo

Andrews

Angleton

Anna

Anthony

Aransas Pass

Archer City

Arcola

Argyle

Arlington

Arp

Athens

Atlanta

Aubrey

Austin

Azle

Baird

Balch Springs

Balcones Heights

Ballinger

Bartonville

Bastrop

Bay City

Baytown

Beaumont

Bedford

Bee Cave

Beeville

Bellaire

Bellmead

Bells

Bellville

Belton

Benbrook

Bertram

Big Sandy

Big Spring

Blanco

Blue Mound

Boerne

Bogata

Borger

Bovina

Bowie

Boyd

Brady

Brazoria

Breckenridge

Bremond

Brenham

Bridge City

Bridgeport

Brookshire

Brownfield

Brownsboro

Brownsville

Brownwood

Bruceville-Eddy

Buda

Buffalo

Bullard

Bulverde

Burkburnett

Burleson

Burnet

Cactus

Caddo Mills

Caldwell

Calvert

Cameron

Canyon

Carrollton

Carthage

Castle Hills

Castroville

Cedar Hill

Cedar Park

Celina

Center

Chandler

Childress

China Grove

Cibolo

Cisco

Cleburne

Clifton

Clint

Clute

Cockrell Hill

Coleman

College Station

Colleyville

Collinsville

Columbus

Comanche

Combes

Commerce

Conroe

Converse

Coppell

Copperas Cove

Corinth

Corpus Christi

Corrigan

Corsicana

Crandall

Crane

Crockett

Crowley

Cuero

Cuney

Daingerfield

Dalhart

Dallas

Dalworthington Gardens

Dayton

Decatur

Deer Park

Denison

Denton

Denver City

DeSoto

Devine

Diboll

Dickinson

Dimmitt

Donna

Double Oak

Dublin

Dumas

Duncanville

Eagle Pass

Early

Earth

Eastland

Edinburg

Edna

El Campo

Electra

Elgin

Elmendorf

El Paso

Elsa

Emory

Ennis

Euless

Everman

Fair Oaks Ranch

Fairview

Farmers Branch

Farmersville

Farwell

Fate

Ferris

Flatonia

Floresville

Flower Mound

Floydada

Forest Hill

Forney

Fort Stockton

Fort Worth

Franklin

Frankston

Fredericksburg

Freeport

Freer

Friendswood

Friona

Frisco

Fulshear

Gainesville

Galena Park

Galveston

Ganado

Garden Ridge

Garland

Garrison

Gatesville

Georgetown

Giddings

Gilmer

Gladewater

Glenn Heights

Godley

Gonzales

Graham

Granbury

Grand Prairie

Grand Saline

Granger

Grapeland

Grapevine

Greenville

Groesbeck

Groves

Gun Barrel City

Hallettsville

Hallsville

Haltom City

Hamilton

Hamlin

Harker Heights

Harlingen

Haskell

Hawkins

Hearne

Heath

Hedwig Village

Helotes

Hempstead

Henderson

Hereford

Hewitt

Hickory Creek

Hico

Hidalgo

Highland Park

Highland Village

Hill Country Village

Hillsboro

Hollywood Park

Hondo

Honey Grove

Hooks

Horizon City

Horseshoe Bay

Houston

Howe

Hudson Oaks

Hughes Springs

Humble

Huntington

Huntsville

Hurst

Hutchins

Hutto

Idalou

Ingleside

Ingram

Iowa Colony

Iowa Park

Irving

Italy

Jacinto City

Jacksboro

Jacksonville

Jamaica Beach

Jarrell

Jasper

Jersey Village

Jonestown

Joshua

Jourdanton

Junction

Karnes City

Katy

Kaufman

Keene

Keller

Kemah

Kemp

Kenedy

Kennedale

Kerens

Kermit

Kerrville

Kilgore

Killeen

Kingsville

Kirby

Knox City

Kountze

Kyle

Lacy-Lakeview

La Feria

Lago Vista

La Grange

La Grulla

Laguna Vista

La Joya

Lake Dallas

Lake Jackson

Lakeport

Lakeside

Lakeview, Harrison County

Lakeway

Lake Worth

La Marque

Lampasas

Lancaster

La Porte

Laredo

Lavon

League City

Leander

Leonard

Levelland

Lewisville

Liberty

Liberty Hill

Lindale

Linden

Little Elm

Littlefield

Live Oak

Livingston

Llano

Lockhart

Log Cabin

Longview

Lorena

Los Fresnos

Lubbock

Lufkin

Luling

Lumberton

Lytle

Madisonville

Magnolia

Manor

Mansfield

Manvel

Marble Falls

Marfa

Marion

Marlin

Marshall

Maud

Maypearl

McAllen

McKinney

Meadows Place

Melissa

Memphis

Mercedes

Meridian

Merkel

Mesquite

Mexia

Midland

Midlothian

Miles

Mineola

Mineral Wells

Missouri City

Monahans

Mont Belvieu

Montgomery

Morgans Point Resort

Moulton

Mount Enterprise

Mount Pleasant

Mount Vernon

Muleshoe

Murphy

Mustang Ridge

Nacogdoches

Nash

Nassau Bay

Natalia

Navasota

Nederland

Needville

New Boston

New Braunfels

Newton

Nolanville

Northeast

Northlake

North Richland Hills

Oak Ridge North

Odem

Odessa

Olmos Park

Olney

OnAlaska

Orange

Overton

Ovilla

Oyster Creek

Palacios

Palestine

Palmer

Palmhurst

Palmview

Pampa

Pantego

Paris

Parker

Pasadena

Patton Village

Pearland

Pearsall

Pecos

Pelican Bay

Penitas

Perryton

Petersburg

Pflugerville

Pharr

Pilot Point

Pinehurst

Pineland

Pittsburg

Plainview

Plano

Pleasanton

Ponder

Port Aransas

Port Arthur

Port Isabel

Portland

Port Lavaca

Port Neches

Poteet

Prairie View

Primera

Princeton

Prosper

Queen City

Quitman

Rancho Viejo

Ranger

Raymondville

Red Oak

Refugio

Reno, Lamar County

Rice

Richardson

Richland Hills

Richmond

Richwood

Rio Grande City

Rio Hondo

River Oaks

Roanoke

Robinson

Rockdale

Rockport

Rockwall

Rogers

Rollingwood

Roma

Roman Forest

Roscoe

Rosenberg

Round Rock

Rowlett

Royse City

Runaway Bay

Rusk

Sabinal

Sachse

Saginaw

Salado

San Angelo

San Antonio

San Augustine

San Benito

San Elizario

Sanger

San Juan

San Marcos

San Saba

Sansom Park Village

Santa Fe

Schertz

Schulenburg

Seabrook

Seagoville

Sealy

Seguin

Selma

Seminole

Seven Points

Seymour

Shallowater

Shavano Park

Shenandoah

Sherman

Silsbee

Sinton

Slaton

Snyder

Socorro

Somerset

Somerville

Sonora

Sour Lake

South Houston

Southlake

South Padre Island

Southside Place

Splendora

Spring Valley

Stafford

Stamford

Stanton

Stephenville

Stinnett

Sugar Land

Sulphur Springs

Sunnyvale

Sunrise Beach Village

Sunset Valley

Surfside Beach

Sweeny

Taft

Tahoka

Tatum

Taylor

Teague

Temple

Tenaha

Terrell

Terrell Hills

Texarkana

Texas City

The Colony

Thorndale

Tioga

Todd Mission

Tomball

Tool

Trophy Club

Tulia

Tye

Tyler

Universal City

University Park

Uvalde

Valley Mills

Van

Van Alstyne

Venus

Vernon

Victoria

Vidor

Waco

Wake Village

Waller

Wallis

Watauga

Waxahachie

Weatherford

Webster

Weimar

Weslaco

West Columbia

West Lake Hills

West Orange

Westover Hills

Westworth

Wharton

Whitehouse

White Oak

White Settlement

Whitney

Wichita Falls

Willis

Willow Park

Wills Point

Wilmer

Windcrest

Wink

Winnsboro

Winters

Wolfforth

Woodsboro

Woodville

Woodway

Wylie

Yoakum

Zavalla

Metropolitan Counties

Atascosa

Bandera

Bell

Bexar

Bowie

Brazoria

Brazos

Burleson

Caldwell

Cameron

Chambers

Clay

Collin

Comal

Coryell

Crosby

Dallas

Denton

Ector

Ellis

El Paso

Fort Bend

Galveston

Goliad

Grayson

Gregg

Hardin

Harris

Harrison

Hays

Hidalgo

Hudspeth

Hunt

Irion

Jefferson

Johnson

Jones

Kaufman

Kendall

Lampasas

Lubbock

Lynn

Martin

McLennan

Medina

Midland

Montgomery

Nueces

Oldham

Orange

Parker

Potter

Randall

Robertson

Rockwall

Rusk

Smith

Sterling

Tarrant

Taylor

Tom Green

Travis

Upshur

Victoria

Waller

Webb

Wichita

Williamson

Wilson

Wise

Non-Metropolitan Counties

Bailey

Baylor

Bee

Blanco

Borden

Bosque

Brewster

Briscoe

Brooks

Brown

Burnet

Calhoun

Camp

Cass

Castro

Cherokee

Childress

Cochran

Collingsworth

Colorado

Comanche

Cooke

Crane

Crockett

Dallam

Dawson

Deaf Smith

Delta

DeWitt

Donley

Duval

Eastland

Edwards

Erath

Fannin

Fayette

Floyd

Freestone

Gaines

Garza

Gillespie

Gonzales

Gray

Grimes

Hall

Hamilton

Hansford

Hardeman

Hartley

Haskell

Hemphill

Hill

Hockley

Hood

Hopkins

Houston

Howard

Hutchinson

Jack

Jackson

Jasper

Jeff Davis

Jim Hogg

Jim Wells

Karnes

Kerr

King

Kleberg

Lamar

Lamb

La Salle

Lavaca

Lee

Leon

Limestone

Lipscomb

Llano

Loving

Madison

Marion

Mason

Matagorda

McCulloch

Milam

Mills

Montague

Moore

Nacogdoches

Navarro

Newton

Nolan

Palo Pinto

Panola

Parmer

Polk

Presidio

Reagan

Real

Red River

Refugio

Runnels

Sabine

San Augustine

Schleicher

Scurry

Shelby

Somervell

Starr

Stephens

Sutton

Swisher

Terrell

Terry

Throckmorton

Titus

Trinity

Tyler

Upton

Uvalde

Val Verde

Walker

Ward

Washington

Wharton

Wheeler

Wilbarger

Willacy

Winkler

Wood

Yoakum

Young