Gainesville, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Gainesville, TX Summary

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

  • There were 472 total crimes committed in Gainesville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,653.3 total crimes per 100K people in Gainesville.
  • The overall crime rate in Gainesville is 14.16% above the national average.
  • Gainesville ranks #544 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Gainesville ranks #7,692 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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Gainesville Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gainesville is 2,653.3 per 100,000 people. That's 14.16% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -1.42% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gainesville
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 472 2,653.3 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 5.6 6.6 6.3
Robbery 5 28.1 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 31 174.3 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 41 230.5 446.5 369.8
Burglary 55 309.2 370.7 269.8
Larceny 320 1,798.9 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 56 314.8 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 431 2,422.8 2,245.0 1,954.4

Gainesville 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 Gainesville

41
Violent Crimes
230.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-37.67%
Below The National Average
  • There were 41 violent crimes in Gainesville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gainesville is 230.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 433.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gainesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -37.67% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -48.38% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gainesville

431
Property Crimes
2,422.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
23.97%
Above The National Average
  • There were 431 property crimes in Gainesville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gainesville is 2,422.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 41.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gainesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 23.97% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 7.92% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gainesville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Plano, TX 289,847 5,954 2,054.2 1,896.2 158.0
Frisco, TX 218,962 3,153 1,440.0 1,337.2 102.8
McKinney, TX 208,415 2,401 1,152.0 1,037.8 114.2
Carrollton, TX 133,610 2,495 1,867.4 1,660.8 206.6
Allen, TX 108,218 1,101 1,017.4 920.4 97.0
Flower Mound, TX 78,167 644 823.9 776.5 47.3
Keller, TX 45,080 345 765.3 667.7 97.6
Coppell, TX 42,021 620 1,475.5 1,380.3 95.2
Southlake, TX 30,949 392 1,266.6 1,214.9 51.7
Corinth, TX 22,719 198 871.5 787.9 83.6

Gainesville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
9
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