Perryton, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Perryton, TX Summary

Crime in Perryton research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Perryton over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Perryton:

  • There were 128 total crimes committed in Perryton the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,571.9 total crimes per 100K people in Perryton.
  • The overall crime rate in Perryton is -32.37% below the national average.
  • Perryton ranks #352 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Perryton ranks #5,513 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Perryton Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Perryton is 1,571.9 per 100,000 people. That's -32.37% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -41.60% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Perryton
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 128 1,571.9 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 12.3 6.6 6.3
Robbery 1 12.3 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 26 319.3 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 33 405.3 446.5 369.8
Burglary 20 245.6 370.7 269.8
Larceny 71 871.9 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 4 49.1 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 95 1,166.6 2,245.0 1,954.4

Perryton Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Perryton

33
Violent Crimes
405.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
9.59%
Above The National Average
  • There were 33 violent crimes in Perryton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Perryton is 405.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 246.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Perryton each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 9.59% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -9.23% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Perryton

95
Property Crimes
1,166.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-40.31%
Below The National Average
  • There were 95 property crimes in Perryton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Perryton is 1,166.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 85.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Perryton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -40.31% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -48.03% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Perryton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Liberal, KS 19,557 282 1,441.9 1,078.9 363.0
Guymon, OK 12,292 156 1,269.1 1,073.9 195.2
Spearman, TX 3,034 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Beaver, OK 1,225 13 1,061.2 979.6 81.6

Perryton SnackAbility

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