Abilene is a city of 133,300 in Taylor County and the main city of the Abilene metro area, home to 180,400 · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Abilene?
Property crime in Abilene sits near the national middle: an A-, safer than the neighborhoods where 51% of Americans live. Theft makes up 58% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 828 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Abilene as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Abilene scores 828.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Abilene, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Abilene, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Abilene
Burglary stands out among cities graded A for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Abilene has 3.1.
Car thefts are uncommon. Abilene has car thefts at about half the US rate: 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen at homes more often than nationally. In Abilene, 56% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Abilene
Every part of Abilene where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Abilene run from A+ to B-.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Lytle, southeastBurglaries run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Abilene.A+943
4Chimney Rock, Over Place & Red Bud, southClose to the rest of Abilene on most crimes.A-836
5South East Highway 80 & North East Highway 80, eastCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Abilene.A-829
6Westwood Richland, northwestCar thefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Abilene.A-782
7Sears Park & Cobb Park, northBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Abilene.B+741
8Elmwood, westCar thefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Abilene.B+735
9Sayles Boulevard, centralBurglaries run at more than double the rate in the rest of Abilene.B672
Neighborhood areas of Abilene, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Abilene?
Reported property crime in Abilene has fallen 30% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 25 to 18 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
AbileneUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Abilene. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Abilene
Property, US
2016
+39%
+15%
2017
+24%
+12%
2018
+14%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-16%
-8%
2021
-18%
-10%
2022
-21%
-6%
2023
-32%
-7%
2024
-30%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Abilene
CrimeGrade™ estimates Abilene has about 22 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less than the US as a whole and 18% less than Texas.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Abilene, about 58% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Abilene
Abilene has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Abilene, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 51% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Abilene and nearby cities
Abilene has the most property crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Abilene
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Abilene apart: it has 11.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 90% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 85% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Abilene: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.10% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 61% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Abilene on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Abilene
Property crime costs Abilene about $20 million a year, or $150 per resident and about $415 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$3.7 million
$28
Theft
$8.7 million
$66
Vehicle theft
$2.8 million
$21
Arson
$180,000
$1
Vandalism
$4.5 million
$34
Total
$20 million
$150
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
