Slaton, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Slaton, TX Summary

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

  • There were 94 total crimes committed in Slaton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,672.6 total crimes per 100K people in Slaton.
  • The overall crime rate in Slaton is -21.08% below the national average.
  • Slaton ranks #455 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Slaton ranks #6,496 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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Slaton Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Slaton is 1,672.6 per 100,000 people. That's -21.08% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -31.17% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Slaton
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 94 1,672.6 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 28 498.2 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 29 516.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 16 284.7 284.3 229.0
Larceny 38 676.2 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 195.7 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 65 1,156.6 2,040.5 1,760.0

Slaton 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 Slaton

29
Violent Crimes
516.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
43.74%
Above The National Average
  • There were 29 violent crimes in Slaton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Slaton is 516.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 193.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Slaton each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 43.74% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 32.52% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Slaton

65
Property Crimes
1,156.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.29%
Below The National Average
  • There were 65 property crimes in Slaton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Slaton is 1,156.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 86.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Slaton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.29% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -43.32% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Slaton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lubbock, TX 269,900 9,311 3,449.8 2,628.8 821.0
Levelland, TX 12,499 171 1,368.1 944.1 424.0
Wolfforth, TX 7,906 55 695.7 442.7 253.0

Slaton SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
9
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