Gatesville, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gatesville, TX Summary

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

  • There were 164 total crimes committed in Gatesville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,015.3 total crimes per 100K people in Gatesville.
  • The overall crime rate in Gatesville is -52.09% below the national average.
  • Gatesville ranks #288 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Gatesville ranks #4,466 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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Gatesville Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gatesville is 1,015.3 per 100,000 people. That's -52.09% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -58.22% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gatesville
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 164 1,015.3 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 1 6.2 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 18 111.4 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 24 148.6 389.4 359.0
Burglary 26 161.0 284.3 229.0
Larceny 100 619.1 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 14 86.7 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 140 866.7 2,040.5 1,760.0

Gatesville 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 Gatesville

24
Violent Crimes
148.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-58.61%
Below The National Average
  • There were 24 violent crimes in Gatesville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gatesville is 148.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 673.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gatesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -58.61% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -61.84% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gatesville

140
Property Crimes
866.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-50.75%
Below The National Average
  • There were 140 property crimes in Gatesville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gatesville is 866.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 115.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gatesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -50.75% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -57.52% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gatesville

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
Waco, TX 146,270 3,733 2,552.1 2,126.2 425.9
Temple, TX 96,862 2,595 2,679.1 2,362.1 316.9
Copperas Cove, TX 39,379 659 1,673.5 1,343.4 330.1
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
Robinson, TX 13,165 82 622.9 501.3 121.5
McGregor, TX 5,368 63 1,173.6 856.9 316.7

Gatesville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
10
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
3
Commute
8
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