The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lubbock County, TX
Lubbock County is home to 318,900 residents and includes Lubbock and Wolfforth · Updated November 2026
Is Lubbock County, TX safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Lubbock County has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lubbock County run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 703 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lubbock County as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lubbock County scores 703.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Lubbock County, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lubbock County, 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 in Lubbock County
Aggravated assaults run high for a B-graded county. Lubbock County has 5.9 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US county, the figure is 3.1.
Burglaries and reported rapes both run high. In Lubbock County, each runs at about double the US rate: 5.1 burglaries and 0.72 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 0.38 nationally.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Lubbock County, 59% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Lubbock County
Low crime is the norm across Lubbock County: 70% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 14% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Lubbock County run from A+ to F; 29% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
70%16%14%
A or B 70%C 16%D or F 14%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Lubbock County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Wolfforth area has the least crime and the Lubbock area the most.
Is crime going up in Lubbock County?
Reported crime in Lubbock County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 14% and property crime down 42%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 8.7 to 7.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 41 to 24 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Lubbock CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Lubbock County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Lubbock County
Violent, US
Property, Lubbock County
Property, US
2016
+10%
+4%
+12%
+15%
2017
+13%
+4%
+12%
+12%
2018
-1%
+0%
-0%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+11%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
+10%
+6%
-16%
-10%
2022
+9%
+5%
-8%
-6%
2023
-10%
+2%
-31%
-7%
2024
-14%
-4%
-42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Lubbock County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lubbock County has about 57 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 55% more than the US as a whole and 37% more than Texas.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Lubbock County, about 40% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Lubbock County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Lubbock County, 2022 to 2024.
In Lubbock County, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 55% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (60%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary.
How Lubbock County compares with nearby counties
Lubbock County has the most crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Transit, empty homes and walkability in Lubbock County
Lubbock County looks like a typical county on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Lubbock County: D- (8 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.8.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 79% of Americans
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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 60% of Americans
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 78% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.51 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 72% of Americans
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.94% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 62% of Americans
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 crime costs Lubbock County
Crime costs Lubbock County about $1,833 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 52% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $219 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $701 million a year, or $2,197 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$27 million
$86
Rape
$14 million
$43
Robbery
$10 million
$31
Assault
$93 million
$291
Burglary
$15 million
$46
Theft
$27 million
$85
Vehicle theft
$13 million
$41
Arson
$1.6 million
$5
Vandalism
$19 million
$59
Total
$219 million
$687
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Lubbock County means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Lubbock County, TX average a SchoolGrade of C+: 45% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Lubbock County on SchoolGrade
