Copperas Cove, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Copperas Cove, TX Summary

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

  • There were 659 total crimes committed in Copperas Cove in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,673.5 total crimes per 100K people in Copperas Cove.
  • The overall crime rate in Copperas Cove is -21.03% below the national average.
  • Copperas Cove ranks #456 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Copperas Cove ranks #6,500 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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Copperas Cove Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Copperas Cove is 1,673.5 per 100,000 people. That's -21.03% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -31.13% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Copperas Cove
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 659 1,673.5 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.5 5.2 5.0
Robbery 10 25.4 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 66 167.6 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 130 330.1 389.4 359.0
Burglary 65 165.1 284.3 229.0
Larceny 434 1,102.1 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 30 76.2 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 529 1,343.4 2,040.5 1,760.0

Copperas Cove 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 Copperas Cove

130
Violent Crimes
330.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-8.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 130 violent crimes in Copperas Cove in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Copperas Cove is 330.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 302.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Copperas Cove each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -8.04% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -15.22% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Copperas Cove

529
Property Crimes
1,343.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-23.67%
Below The National Average
  • There were 529 property crimes in Copperas Cove in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Copperas Cove is 1,343.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Copperas Cove each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -23.67% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.16% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Copperas Cove

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Killeen, TX 161,667 3,088 1,910.1 1,382.5 527.6
Round Rock, TX 133,868 2,773 2,071.4 1,940.7 130.7
Georgetown, TX 89,481 1,218 1,361.2 1,170.1 191.1
Leander, TX 87,740 928 1,057.7 988.1 69.5
Cedar Park, TX 77,351 1,001 1,294.1 1,198.4 95.7
Pflugerville, TX 65,243 1,180 1,808.6 1,614.0 194.7
Hutto, TX 43,212 472 1,092.3 1,034.4 57.9
Harker Heights, TX 34,858 392 1,124.6 989.7 134.8
Belton, TX 25,888 527 2,035.7 1,943.0 92.7
Hewitt, TX 16,903 214 1,266.0 1,112.2 153.8

Copperas Cove SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
7
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