Childress, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Childress, TX Summary

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

  • There were 39 total crimes committed in Childress in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 674.4 total crimes per 100K people in Childress.
  • The overall crime rate in Childress is -68.18% below the national average.
  • Childress ranks #188 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Childress ranks #3,030 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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Childress Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Childress is 674.4 per 100,000 people. That's -68.18% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -72.25% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Childress
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 39 674.4 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 1 17.3 5.2 5.0
Robbery 1 17.3 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 103.8 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 9 155.6 389.4 359.0
Burglary 8 138.3 284.3 229.0
Larceny 19 328.5 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 3 51.9 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 30 518.8 2,040.5 1,760.0

Childress 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 Childress

9
Violent Crimes
155.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-56.65%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Childress in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Childress is 155.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 642.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Childress each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -56.65% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -60.03% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Childress

30
Property Crimes
518.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-70.52%
Below The National Average
  • There were 30 property crimes in Childress in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Childress is 518.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 192.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Childress each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -70.52% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -74.58% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Childress SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
8.5
Amenities
7
Education
4
Commute
9.5
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