Harker Heights, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Harker Heights, TX Summary

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

  • There were 530 total crimes committed in Harker Heights the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,558.8 total crimes per 100K people in Harker Heights.
  • The overall crime rate in Harker Heights is -32.93% below the national average.
  • Harker Heights ranks #349 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Harker Heights ranks #5,478 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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Harker Heights Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Harker Heights is 1,558.8 per 100,000 people. That's -32.93% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -42.09% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Harker Heights
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 530 1,558.8 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 3 8.8 6.6 6.3
Robbery 8 23.5 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 45 132.3 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 76 223.5 446.5 369.8
Burglary 68 200.0 370.7 269.8
Larceny 342 1,005.9 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 44 129.4 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 454 1,335.3 2,245.0 1,954.4

Harker Heights 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 Harker Heights

76
Violent Crimes
223.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-39.56%
Below The National Average
  • There were 76 violent crimes in Harker Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Harker Heights is 223.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 447.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Harker Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -39.56% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -49.93% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Harker Heights

454
Property Crimes
1,335.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.68%
Below The National Average
  • There were 454 property crimes in Harker Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Harker Heights is 1,335.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Harker Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.68% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -40.52% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Harker Heights

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
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
Belton, TX 24,188 545 2,253.2 2,091.9 161.2
Nolanville, TX 6,560 49 747.0 594.5 152.4
Jarrell, TX 2,469 22 891.0 769.5 121.5
Salado, TX 2,395 21 876.8 835.1 41.8

Harker Heights SnackAbility

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