Home Security - Crime Data at a Glance (2008)

Violent Crime Data at a Glance (2008)

City	Population	Violent Crime	Murder	Forcible Rape	Robbery	Aggravated Assault
Abilene	114644	344	5	44	92	203
Amarillo	187234	768	12	64	166	526
Arlington	372073	1220	14	91	364	751
Beaumont	109345	560	3	39	196	322
Brownsville	177090	359	3	10	83	263
Carrollton	123324	127	1	11	57	58
Dallas	1239104	5786	86	263	3210	2227
Denton	113936	152	0	31	35	86
El Paso	616029	1432	6	89	220	1117
Fort Worth	670693	2395	24	188	863	1320
Garland	218236	399	5	43	145	206
Grand Prairie	157913	265	3	13	112	137
Houston	2169544	12385	163	372	5322	6528
Irving	196676	353	5	1	122	225
Killeen	104188	413	6	28	91	288
Lubbock	213988	1064	5	35	133	891
Mcallen	129455	215	5	12	74	124
Mckinney	118113	108	2	23	28	55
Mesquite	132399	226	1	4	77	144
Midland	103118	207	1	32	53	121
Pasadena	145235	329	8	24	83	214
Plano	259771	354	5	26	77	246
Richardson	100933	143	2	7	55	79
San Antonio	1316882	4401	51	210	1137	3003
Waco	122514	525	7	39	126	353
Wichita Falls	98717	250	4	24	98	124

Property Crime Data at a Glance (2008)

City	Property Crime	Burglary	Larceny / Theft	Motor Vehicle Theft	Arson
Abilene	2149	571	1469	109	22
Amarillo	5239	1252	3612	375	34
Arlington	9768	2154	6898	716	32
Beaumont	3330	907	2249	174	18
Brownsville	4926	803	3994	129	22
Carrollton	2035	507	1353	175	8
Dallas	39420	10921	21937	6562	445
Denton	1549	275	1200	74	17
El Paso	9320	966	6962	1392	57
Fort Worth	17226	4259	11554	1413	112
Garland	4541	1092	3105	344	26
Grand Prairie	3757	893	2200	664	8
Houston	54648	12492	34484	7672	493
Irving	4111	854	2872	385	11
Killeen	2327	852	1383	92	24
Lubbock	5840	1327	4237	276	31
Mcallen	3915	426	3307	182	8
Mckinney	1144	218	882	44	7
Mesquite	3048	470	2198	380	13
Midland	1660	371	1212	77	6
Pasadena	2432	418	1853	161	4
Plano	4093	732	3158	203	24
Richardson	1686	413	1166	107	2
San Antonio	38629	6844	27982	3803	259
Waco	3623	935	2471	217	24
Wichita Falls	3345	656	2420	269	17

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Texas Home Security Issues

Is Violent Crime a Home Security Concern in Texas?

Texas has been stricken with 34,780 cases of violent crime in 2008. With 9,311,154 people living in Texas, the state's crime rate equates to 0.374 cases per capita, a figure that's 0.004 points lower than the national average of 0.378. This difference shows that Texas residents live in a relatively safe state.

Murders in Texas

There have been 427 murders in 2008, resulting in a per capita murder rate of 0.005. Considering that the national average is 0.005, these numbers bode poorly for the people of Texas.

Forcible Rape in Texas

The number of forcible rape cases follows a similar path to that of Texas's murder rate. With a per capita forcible rape rate of 0.019, Texas's numbers show up higher than the national average of 0.017.

Robberies in Texas

There were 13,019 robberies in Texas - 0.140 robberies per capita - in 2008. Pitted against the national average of 0.149, these statistics suggest that Texas is less dangerous than most of the other states in comparison to Texas's size.

Aggravated Assault in Texas

There were 19,611 reported cases of aggravated assault in Texas - 0.211 cases per capita - a number that figures higher than the national average of 0.207 per capita.

Is Property Crime Forcing you to Upgrade your Home Alarm System?

Altogether, there were 233,761 property crimes in Texas, 2.511 per capita. The national average per capita is 2.026.

Burglaries in Texas

There were 51,608 reported burglaries in Texas last year, 0.554 per capita. That stacks up poorly against national figures, which show that there were 0.443 burglary cases per capita across the country.

Larceny Thefts in Texas

There were 156,158 reported larceny thefts, which equates to 1.677 cases per capita. The national average was 1.307 per capita.

Motor Vehicle Thefts in Texas

Cars and other motor vehicles were stolen at a less frequent rate than what's shown nationally, as the local per capita figures of 0.279 - totaled at 25,995 - is lower than the national figure of 0.285.

Arson in Texas

Texas is a relatively dangerous place to live based on cases of arson. There are 0.015 cases of arson reported nationally per capita every year. Locally the number grows to 0.019. Altogether there were 1724 reported cases of arson in Texas in 2008.

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