El Paso, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In El Paso, TX Summary

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

  • There were 12,032 total crimes committed in El Paso in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,772.4 total crimes per 100K people in El Paso.
  • The overall crime rate in El Paso is -16.37% below the national average.
  • El Paso ranks #489 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • El Paso ranks #6,748 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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El Paso Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in El Paso is 1,772.4 per 100,000 people. That's -16.37% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -27.06% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
El Paso
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 12,032 1,772.4 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 20 2.9 5.2 5.0
Robbery 252 37.1 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1,614 237.8 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 1,890 278.4 389.4 359.0
Burglary 952 140.2 284.3 229.0
Larceny 7,280 1,072.4 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 1,910 281.4 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 10,142 1,494.0 2,040.5 1,760.0

El Paso 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 El Paso

1,890
Violent Crimes
278.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-22.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,890 violent crimes in El Paso in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in El Paso is 278.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 359.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in El Paso each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -22.45% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -28.50% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In El Paso

10,142
Property Crimes
1,494.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-15.12%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10,142 property crimes in El Paso in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in El Paso is 1,494.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 66.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in El Paso each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -15.12% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -26.78% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around El Paso

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Socorro, TX 39,522 377 953.9 812.2 141.7
Sunland Park, NM 17,996 163 905.8 577.9 327.9
Anthony, NM 8,733 28 320.6 240.5 80.2

El Paso SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
9
Education
6
Commute
8
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