Hillsboro, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Hillsboro, TX Summary

Crime in Hillsboro research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro:

  • There were 167 total crimes committed in Hillsboro the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,986.4 total crimes per 100K people in Hillsboro.
  • The overall crime rate in Hillsboro is -14.53% below the national average.
  • Hillsboro ranks #436 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Hillsboro ranks #6,500 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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Hillsboro Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hillsboro is 1,986.4 per 100,000 people. That's -14.53% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -26.20% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hillsboro
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 167 1,986.4 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 3 35.7 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 14 166.5 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 17 202.2 446.5 369.8
Burglary 11 130.8 370.7 269.8
Larceny 123 1,463.1 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 16 190.3 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 150 1,784.2 2,245.0 1,954.4

Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro

17
Violent Crimes
202.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-45.32%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Hillsboro in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hillsboro is 202.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 494.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hillsboro each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -45.32% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -54.71% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hillsboro

150
Property Crimes
1,784.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-8.71%
Below The National Average
  • There were 150 property crimes in Hillsboro in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hillsboro is 1,784.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 56.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hillsboro each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -8.71% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -20.53% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hillsboro

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Arlington, TX 391,591 12,158 3,104.8 2,524.6 580.2
Mansfield, TX 75,993 1,138 1,497.5 1,417.2 80.3
Burleson, TX 55,356 797 1,439.8 1,190.5 249.3
Waxahachie, TX 45,422 852 1,875.7 1,627.0 248.8
Duncanville, TX 39,474 1,129 2,860.1 2,540.9 319.2
Crowley, TX 20,362 347 1,704.2 1,473.3 230.8
Hewitt, TX 16,291 173 1,061.9 896.2 165.7
Forest Hill, TX 13,685 296 2,163.0 1,797.6 365.4
Robinson, TX 12,954 174 1,343.2 1,096.2 247.0
West, TX 2,587 23 889.1 811.8 77.3

Hillsboro SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
10
Safety
7
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
8.5
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