Belton is a city of 41,300 in Bell County, about 15 miles east of downtown Killeen · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Belton?
Belton earns an A for violent crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live. Assaults make up 93% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 883 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Belton as a whole, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Belton scores 883.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Belton, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Belton, 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 violent crime in Belton
Robbery stands out among cities graded A for violent crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for violent crime, the figure is 0.14 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Belton has 0.44.
Aggravated assaults are uncommon. Belton has aggravated assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.64 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Belton
Every part of Belton where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Belton run from A+ to B+.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is violent crime going up in Belton?
Reported violent crime in Belton has fallen 51% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 0.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 50%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
BeltonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Belton. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Belton
Violent, US
2016
-1%
+4%
2017
-16%
+4%
2018
+2%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
+4%
2021
-1%
+6%
2022
-16%
+5%
2023
-3%
+2%
2024
-51%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Belton
CrimeGrade™ estimates Belton has about 11 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% less than the US as a whole and 25% less than Texas.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Belton, about 93% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Violent crime in Belton and nearby cities
Belton has more violent crime than 5 of its 8 nearest cities. Salado and Little River have the least violent crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Belton apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less assault, yet assault runs higher here than that would suggest.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Belton: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 assault. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 71% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 63% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Belton 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 violent crime costs Belton
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Belton about $21 million a year, or $505 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $6.2 million, or $151 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 70% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$990,000
$24
Rape
$970,000
$24
Robbery
$560,000
$14
Assault
$3.7 million
$90
Total
$6.2 million
$151
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
