Gainesville, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gainesville, TX Summary

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

  • There were 328 total crimes committed in Gainesville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,787.7 total crimes per 100K people in Gainesville.
  • The overall crime rate in Gainesville is -15.65% below the national average.
  • Gainesville ranks #490 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Gainesville ranks #6,779 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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Gainesville Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gainesville is 1,787.7 per 100,000 people. That's -15.65% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -26.43% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gainesville
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 328 1,787.7 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 2 10.9 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 22 119.9 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 30 163.5 389.4 359.0
Burglary 39 212.6 284.3 229.0
Larceny 227 1,237.2 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 32 174.4 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 298 1,624.2 2,040.5 1,760.0

Gainesville 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 Gainesville

30
Violent Crimes
163.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-54.46%
Below The National Average
  • There were 30 violent crimes in Gainesville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gainesville is 163.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 611.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gainesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -54.46% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -58.01% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gainesville

298
Property Crimes
1,624.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-7.72%
Below The National Average
  • There were 298 property crimes in Gainesville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gainesville is 1,624.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gainesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -7.72% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -20.40% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gainesville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Plano, TX 291,463 4,716 1,618.0 1,466.4 151.6
Frisco, TX 232,961 2,571 1,103.6 1,002.7 100.9
McKinney, TX 219,132 2,044 932.8 815.5 117.3
Carrollton, TX 133,471 1,939 1,452.8 1,315.6 137.1
Allen, TX 113,737 1,120 984.7 878.3 106.4
Flower Mound, TX 80,455 515 640.1 582.9 57.2
Keller, TX 46,523 341 733.0 655.6 77.4
Coppell, TX 41,549 386 929.0 825.5 103.5
Southlake, TX 31,095 321 1,032.3 1,000.2 32.2
Corinth, TX 24,056 178 739.9 706.7 33.3

Gainesville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
9
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