Sweetwater, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sweetwater, TX Summary

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

  • There were 207 total crimes committed in Sweetwater the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,986.6 total crimes per 100K people in Sweetwater.
  • The overall crime rate in Sweetwater is -14.53% below the national average.
  • Sweetwater ranks #437 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Sweetwater ranks #6,502 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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Sweetwater Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sweetwater is 1,986.6 per 100,000 people. That's -14.53% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -26.19% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sweetwater
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 207 1,986.6 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 7 67.2 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 53 508.6 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 61 585.4 446.5 369.8
Burglary 60 575.8 370.7 269.8
Larceny 70 671.8 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 16 153.6 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 146 1,401.2 2,245.0 1,954.4

Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater

61
Violent Crimes
585.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
58.31%
Above The National Average
  • There were 61 violent crimes in Sweetwater in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sweetwater is 585.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 170.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sweetwater each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 58.31% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 31.12% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sweetwater

146
Property Crimes
1,401.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-28.31%
Below The National Average
  • There were 146 property crimes in Sweetwater in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sweetwater is 1,401.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 71.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sweetwater each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -28.31% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -37.59% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sweetwater

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Abilene, TX 125,186 3,085 2,464.3 1,995.4 468.9
Snyder, TX 11,179 311 2,782.0 1,341.8 1,440.2
Merkel, TX 2,431 25 1,028.4 781.6 246.8
Roscoe, TX 1,231 4 324.9 324.9 0.0
Tye, TX 1,192 6 503.4 335.6 167.8

Sweetwater SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
9.5
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