Gatesville, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Gatesville, TX Summary

Crime in Gatesville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Gatesville over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Gatesville:

  • There were 153 total crimes committed in Gatesville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 891.9 total crimes per 100K people in Gatesville.
  • The overall crime rate in Gatesville is -61.62% below the national average.
  • Gatesville ranks #182 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Gatesville ranks #3,372 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Gatesville Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gatesville is 891.9 per 100,000 people. That's -61.62% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -66.86% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gatesville
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 153 891.9 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 3 17.5 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 15 87.4 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 23 134.1 446.5 369.8
Burglary 20 116.6 370.7 269.8
Larceny 90 524.7 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 20 116.6 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 130 757.8 2,245.0 1,954.4

Gatesville Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Gatesville

23
Violent Crimes
134.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-63.74%
Below The National Average
  • There were 23 violent crimes in Gatesville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gatesville is 134.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 745.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gatesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -63.74% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -69.97% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gatesville

130
Property Crimes
757.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-61.22%
Below The National Average
  • There were 130 property crimes in Gatesville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gatesville is 757.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 132.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gatesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -61.22% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -66.24% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gatesville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Killeen, TX 159,546 3,651 2,288.4 1,746.8 541.5
Waco, TX 140,911 5,456 3,871.9 3,229.0 643.0
Temple, TX 88,484 1,861 2,103.2 1,750.6 352.6
Copperas Cove, TX 37,841 774 2,045.4 1,728.3 317.1
Harker Heights, TX 34,001 530 1,558.8 1,335.3 223.5
Belton, TX 24,188 545 2,253.2 2,091.9 161.2
Hewitt, TX 16,291 173 1,061.9 896.2 165.7
Robinson, TX 12,954 174 1,343.2 1,096.2 247.0
McGregor, TX 5,368 63 1,173.6 856.9 316.7
Valley Mills, TX 1,256 9 716.6 716.6 0.0

Gatesville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
10
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
3
Commute
8
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