Austin, TX Violent Crime Rates and Maps

C-

Violent Crime Grade	C
Property Crime Grade	C-
Other Crime Grade	C

Which crimes are included?

$515.2 million

Cost of Crime™ for Austin, TX

In 2025, violent crime will cost $523 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of the Austin area with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The C grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in the Austin area against the average US city, where the rate is slightly higher than the norm. Austin sits in the 41st percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 41% of cities and behind 59%. The grade covers only the Austin area's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in the Austin area is 3.337 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 196 in the south neighborhoods to 1 in 429 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Austin, TX report the most violent crime, about 2,186 cases per year. The west part reports the fewest, around 475 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Austin, TX

The tangible cost of violent crime in Austin is projected at $515,157,878 for 2025, about $203 per resident and $523 per household. That equals 0.4% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 45.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 39.2%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.9%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Austin Compared to Other Cities?

Austin, TX:	$203
Massey Lake, TX:	$704
Timberwood Park, TX:	$85
Texas:	$305
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $203 per resident each year in Austin, which is $55 less than the national average and $102 less than Texas's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Austin:

In Massey Lake, TX, crime costs $704 per person, which is $501 more than in Austin.
In Timberwood Park, TX, crime costs $85 per person, which is $119 less than in Austin

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Austin, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Austin	Cost per Austin Resident
Murder	$201.3 million	$80
Rape/Sexual Assault	$133.9 million	$53
Robbery	$42.9 million	$17
Assault	$136.9 million	$54
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$515,157,878	$203

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Austin, TX

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Austin totals $2,034,914,349 ($804 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $2,550,072,227 ($1,007 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Austin, TX, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the central part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Major airports, of which the Austin area has 1, are the extreme case. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Austin Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Austin residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.883
Robbery	0.5393
Rape	0.8725
Murder	0.0423
Total Violent Crime	3.337 (C)

Individual Austin Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in the Austin area is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to the Austin area.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Rollingwood, TX	D+	C	D
West Lake Hills, TX	D+	D+	C-
Sunset Valley, TX	F	D-	F
Marshall Ford, TX	F	D	F
Jollyville, TX	D+	B-	D
Wells Branch, TX	D	D+	D+
Hornsby Bend, TX	A-	C	A
Bee Cave, TX	B	B+	B
Volente, TX	D	C	D-
Manor, TX	C	B	C-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Austin is lower versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Las Vegas, NV	D	D	D
Cincinnati, OH	C-	C+	C+
Pittsburgh, PA	B-	B-	B-
Kansas City, MO	D	D+	D+
Sacramento, CA	D+	D	D
Indianapolis, IN	C+	C+	C+
Cleveland, OH	D+	D+	D+
Portland, OR	D-	C	C
Nashville, TN	D	D-	D-
San Antonio, TX	D	C-	C-

Considering only the violent crime rate, the Austin area is safer than the Texas state average and safer than the national average.

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