Temple, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Temple, TX Summary

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

  • There were 2,595 total crimes committed in Temple in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,679.1 total crimes per 100K people in Temple.
  • The overall crime rate in Temple is 26.42% above the national average.
  • Temple ranks #617 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Temple ranks #8,261 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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Temple Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Temple is 2,679.1 per 100,000 people. That's 26.42% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 10.26% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Temple
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,595 2,679.1 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 11 11.4 5.2 5.0
Robbery 36 37.2 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 189 195.1 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 307 316.9 389.4 359.0
Burglary 353 364.4 284.3 229.0
Larceny 1,594 1,645.6 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 341 352.0 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 2,288 2,362.1 2,040.5 1,760.0

Temple 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 Temple

307
Violent Crimes
316.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-11.71%
Below The National Average
  • There were 307 violent crimes in Temple in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Temple is 316.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 315.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Temple each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -11.71% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -18.61% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Temple

2,288
Property Crimes
2,362.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
34.21%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,288 property crimes in Temple in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Temple is 2,362.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 42.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Temple each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 34.21% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 15.76% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Temple

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Round Rock, TX 133,868 2,773 2,071.4 1,940.7 130.7
Georgetown, TX 89,481 1,218 1,361.2 1,170.1 191.1
Leander, TX 87,740 928 1,057.7 988.1 69.5
Cedar Park, TX 77,351 1,001 1,294.1 1,198.4 95.7
Pflugerville, TX 65,243 1,180 1,808.6 1,614.0 194.7
Hutto, TX 43,212 472 1,092.3 1,034.4 57.9
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

Temple SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
7
Affordability
7
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
9
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