Plainview, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Plainview, TX Summary

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

  • There were 485 total crimes committed in Plainview the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,480.3 total crimes per 100K people in Plainview.
  • The overall crime rate in Plainview is 6.72% above the national average.
  • Plainview ranks #518 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Plainview ranks #7,450 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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Plainview Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Plainview is 2,480.3 per 100,000 people. That's 6.72% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -7.85% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Plainview
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 485 2,480.3 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 5 25.6 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 60 306.8 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 72 368.2 446.5 369.8
Burglary 85 434.7 370.7 269.8
Larceny 285 1,457.5 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 43 219.9 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 413 2,112.1 2,245.0 1,954.4

Plainview 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 Plainview

72
Violent Crimes
368.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-0.43%
Below The National Average
  • There were 72 violent crimes in Plainview in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Plainview is 368.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 271.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Plainview each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -0.43% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -17.53% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Plainview

413
Property Crimes
2,112.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
8.07%
Above The National Average
  • There were 413 property crimes in Plainview in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Plainview is 2,112.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 47.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Plainview each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 8.07% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -5.92% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Plainview

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lubbock, TX 264,142 13,731 5,198.3 4,134.9 1,063.4
Tulia, TX 4,501 122 2,710.5 2,177.3 533.2
Abernathy, TX 2,783 17 610.9 431.2 179.7
Olton, TX 2,043 58 2,839.0 2,300.5 538.4
Lockney, TX 1,474 8 542.7 339.2 203.5

Plainview SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8.5
Education
4
Commute
9
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