Big Spring, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Big Spring, TX Summary

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

  • There were 754 total crimes committed in Big Spring in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,548.4 total crimes per 100K people in Big Spring.
  • The overall crime rate in Big Spring is 67.44% above the national average.
  • Big Spring ranks #666 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Big Spring ranks #9,039 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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Big Spring Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Big Spring is 3,548.4 per 100,000 people. That's 67.44% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 46.03% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Big Spring
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 754 3,548.4 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 3 14.1 5.2 5.0
Robbery 10 47.1 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 136 640.0 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 162 762.4 389.4 359.0
Burglary 129 607.1 284.3 229.0
Larceny 399 1,877.7 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 64 301.2 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 592 2,786.0 2,040.5 1,760.0

Big Spring 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 Big Spring

162
Violent Crimes
762.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
112.36%
Above The National Average
  • There were 162 violent crimes in Big Spring in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Big Spring is 762.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 131.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Big Spring each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 112.36% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 95.79% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Big Spring

592
Property Crimes
2,786.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
58.30%
Above The National Average
  • There were 592 property crimes in Big Spring in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Big Spring is 2,786.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Big Spring each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 58.30% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 36.54% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Big Spring

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Midland, TX 140,303 2,774 1,977.1 1,612.2 364.9
Snyder, TX 11,106 259 2,332.1 1,458.7 873.4

Big Spring SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8.5
Education
4
Commute
9
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