Bay City, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Bay City, TX Summary

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

  • There were 596 total crimes committed in Bay City in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,424.3 total crimes per 100K people in Bay City.
  • The overall crime rate in Bay City is 61.58% above the national average.
  • Bay City ranks #659 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Bay City ranks #8,936 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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Bay City Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bay City is 3,424.3 per 100,000 people. That's 61.58% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 40.93% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bay City
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 596 3,424.3 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 9 51.7 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 82 471.1 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 101 580.3 389.4 359.0
Burglary 57 327.5 284.3 229.0
Larceny 415 2,384.4 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 23 132.1 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 495 2,844.0 2,040.5 1,760.0

Bay City 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 Bay City

101
Violent Crimes
580.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
61.64%
Above The National Average
  • There were 101 violent crimes in Bay City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bay City is 580.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 172.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bay City each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 61.64% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 49.02% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bay City

495
Property Crimes
2,844.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
61.59%
Above The National Average
  • There were 495 property crimes in Bay City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bay City is 2,844.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bay City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 61.59% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 39.38% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Bay City SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
7
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