Crime rate in Austin, Texas (TX): murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime map
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| Murders (per 100,000) | 25 (3.6) | 27 (4.0) | 27 (4.0) | 26 (3.8) | 20 (2.8) | 30 (4.2) | 23 (3.1) | 22 (2.9) | 38 (4.8) | 28 (3.5) | 31 (3.7) | 26 (3.0) | 32 (3.5) |
| Rapes (per 100,000) | 256 (37.3) | 226 (33.1) | 303 (44.3) | 312 (45.0) | 319 (44.9) | 328 (45.8) | 273 (36.2) | 265 (34.5) | 265 (33.3) | 211 (26.1) | 209 (25.1) | 217 (25.3) | 571 (63.2) |
| Robberies (per 100,000) | 1,174 (171.2) | 1,251 (183.3) | 1,406 (205.8) | 1,182 (170.6) | 1,358 (191.3) | 1,457 (203.3) | 1,333 (176.9) | 1,415 (184.0) | 1,231 (154.6) | 1,106 (137.0) | 978 (117.4) | 763 (88.8) | 873 (96.6) |
| Assaults (per 100,000) | 1,748 (254.9) | 1,649 (241.7) | 1,853 (271.2) | 1,873 (270.3) | 1,961 (276.3) | 2,056 (286.8) | 2,306 (306.0) | 2,322 (302.0) | 2,256 (283.3) | 2,126 (263.4) | 2,187 (262.6) | 2,117 (246.4) | 2,105 (232.9) |
| Burglaries (per 100,000) | 6,916 (1,008.5) | 7,240 (1,061.1) | 6,810 (996.6) | 7,285 (1,051.2) | 7,467 (1,052.0) | 8,031 (1,120.4) | 8,586 (1,139.4) | 8,753 (1,138.3) | 8,749 (1,098.7) | 7,042 (872.6) | 7,244 (869.7) | 6,550 (762.4) | 5,733 (634.2) |
| Thefts (per 100,000) | 29,725 (4,334.5) | 32,259 (4,727.8) | 31,938 (4,674.1) | 31,835 (4,593.7) | 31,562 (4,446.5) | 34,461 (4,807.5) | 33,582 (4,456.6) | 37,054 (4,818.7) | 34,827 (4,373.5) | 33,069 (4,097.7) | 33,913 (4,071.7) | 32,948 (3,834.8) | 29,423 (3,255.0) |
| Auto thefts (per 100,000) | 3,135 (457.1) | 2,771 (406.1) | 2,636 (385.8) | 2,548 (367.7) | 2,544 (358.4) | 2,961 (413.1) | 2,633 (349.4) | 2,219 (288.6) | 2,250 (282.6) | 2,139 (265.0) | 2,315 (277.9) | 2,169 (252.5) | 2,288 (253.1) |
| Arson (per 100,000) | 152 (22.2) | 140 (20.5) | 116 (17.0) | 115 (16.6) | 88 (12.4) | 116 (16.2) | 87 (11.5) | 96 (12.5) | 122 (15.3) | 127 (15.7) | 121 (14.5) | 105 (12.2) | 95 (10.5) |
| City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 287.5) | 427.4 | 441.3 | 454.8 | 443.2 | 442.1 | 475.3 | 443.0 | 452.2 | 421.0 | 374.3 | 367.6 | 334.9 | 333.8 |
City-data.com crime rate counts serious crimes and violent crime more heavily. It adjusts for the number of visitors and daily workers commuting into cities.
According to our research of Texas and other state lists there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Austin, Texas as of September 29, 2016.
The ratio of number of residents in Austin to the number of sex offenders is 421,296 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.
(Note: Higher means more crime)
| Austin: | 333.8 |
| Rollingwood: | 33.3 |
| West Lake Hills: | 160.7 |
| Sunset Valley: | 1,260.2 |
| Manor: | 771.1 |
| Pflugerville: | 140.3 |
| Lakeway: | 95.4 |
| Cedar Park: | 128.7 |
| Round Rock: | 142.7 |
| Austin: | 239.1 |
| U.S. Average: | 202.6 |
| Austin: | 202.4 |
| U.S. Average: | 204.3 |
| Austin: | 226.5 |
| U.S. Average: | 214.5 |
| Austin: | 237.4 |
| U.S. Average: | 214.1 |
| Austin: | 266.4 |
| U.S. Average: | 223.2 |
| Austin: | 288.2 |
| U.S. Average: | 238.0 |
| Austin: | 288.8 |
| U.S. Average: | 252.4 |
| Austin: | 304.5 |
| U.S. Average: | 259.7 |
| Austin: | 289.4 |
| U.S. Average: | 264.1 |
| Austin: | 277.8 |
| U.S. Average: | 258.9 |
| Austin: | 295.9 |
| U.S. Average: | 256.0 |
| Austin: | 258.0 |
| U.S. Average: | 262.6 |
| Austin: | 262.2 |
| U.S. Average: | 272.2 |
| Austin: | 333.3 |
| U.S. Average: | 232.8 |
| Austin: | 388.8 |
| U.S. Average: | 250.4 |
| Austin: | 426.6 |
| U.S. Average: | 267.3 |
| Austin: | 426.6 |
| U.S. Average: | 273.5 |
| Austin: | 489.3 |
| U.S. Average: | 276.4 |
| Austin: | 520.9 |
| U.S. Average: | 285.6 |
| Austin: | 512.0 |
| U.S. Average: | 302.2 |
| Austin: | 535.7 |
| U.S. Average: | 309.2 |
| Austin: | 495.1 |
| U.S. Average: | 317.3 |
| Austin: | 503.8 |
| U.S. Average: | 322.3 |
| Austin: | 499.6 |
| U.S. Average: | 327.4 |
| Austin: | 518.5 |
| U.S. Average: | 334.1 |
| Austin: | 495.6 |
| U.S. Average: | 336.9 |
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.89 |
| Texas average: | 2.02 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2013, including police officers: 2,233 (1,675 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.95 |
| Texas average: | 2.05 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2012, including police officers: 2,252 (1,628 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.95 |
| Texas average: | 1.95 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2011, including police officers: 2,211 (1,644 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 2.04 |
| Texas average: | 2.17 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2010, including police officers: 2,141 (1,605 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 2.02 |
| Texas average: | 2.20 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2009, including police officers: 2,146 (1,564 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 2.03 |
| Texas average: | 2.23 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2008, including police officers: 2,034 (1,466 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.95 |
| Texas average: | 2.17 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2007, including police officers: 1,995 (1,418 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.98 |
| Texas average: | 2.18 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2006, including police officers: 1,946 (1,373 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.90 |
| Texas average: | 2.13 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2005, including police officers: 1,835 (1,361 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.94 |
| Texas average: | 2.18 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2004, including police officers: 1,826 (1,365 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.98 |
| Texas average: | 2.19 |
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2003, including police officers: 1,744 (1,314 officers).
| Officers per 1,000 residents here: | 1.91 |
| Texas average: | 2.17 |
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