Alton, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Alton, TX Summary

Crime in Alton research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Alton over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Alton:

  • There were 426 total crimes committed in Alton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,924.1 total crimes per 100K people in Alton.
  • The overall crime rate in Alton is -9.21% below the national average.
  • Alton ranks #514 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Alton ranks #7,054 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Alton Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Alton is 1,924.1 per 100,000 people. That's -9.21% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -20.81% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Alton
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 426 1,924.1 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 3 13.6 5.2 5.0
Robbery 4 18.1 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 173 781.4 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 185 835.6 389.4 359.0
Burglary 39 176.2 284.3 229.0
Larceny 177 799.5 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 25 112.9 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 241 1,088.5 2,040.5 1,760.0

Alton Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Alton

185
Violent Crimes
835.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
132.76%
Above The National Average
  • There were 185 violent crimes in Alton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Alton is 835.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 119.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Alton each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 132.76% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 114.59% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Alton

241
Property Crimes
1,088.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-38.15%
Below The National Average
  • There were 241 property crimes in Alton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Alton is 1,088.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 91.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Alton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -38.15% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -46.65% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Alton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
McAllen, TX 148,017 2,939 1,985.6 1,835.6 150.0
Edinburg, TX 107,552 2,180 2,026.9 1,757.3 269.6
Mission, TX 87,777 1,174 1,337.5 1,148.4 189.1
Pharr, TX 80,604 1,095 1,358.5 1,136.4 222.1
Alamo, TX 20,734 910 4,388.9 3,491.8 897.1
Donna, TX 16,781 1,017 6,060.4 4,302.5 1,757.9
Palmview, TX 15,887 308 1,938.7 1,460.3 478.4
Hidalgo, TX 14,910 237 1,589.5 1,455.4 134.1

Alton SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
5
Affordability
7
Diversity
3
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
3
Commute
7
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