Waxahachie, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Waxahachie, TX Summary

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

  • There were 883 total crimes committed in Waxahachie in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,793.9 total crimes per 100K people in Waxahachie.
  • The overall crime rate in Waxahachie is -15.35% below the national average.
  • Waxahachie ranks #491 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Waxahachie ranks #6,791 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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Waxahachie Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Waxahachie is 1,793.9 per 100,000 people. That's -15.35% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -26.17% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Waxahachie
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 883 1,793.9 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 2 4.1 5.2 5.0
Robbery 5 10.2 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 78 158.5 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 110 223.5 389.4 359.0
Burglary 60 121.9 284.3 229.0
Larceny 633 1,286.0 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 80 162.5 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 773 1,570.4 2,040.5 1,760.0

Waxahachie 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 Waxahachie

110
Violent Crimes
223.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-37.75%
Below The National Average
  • There were 110 violent crimes in Waxahachie in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Waxahachie is 223.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 447.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Waxahachie each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -37.75% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -42.61% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Waxahachie

773
Property Crimes
1,570.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-10.77%
Below The National Average
  • There were 773 property crimes in Waxahachie in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Waxahachie is 1,570.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 63.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Waxahachie each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -10.77% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -23.04% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Waxahachie

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Mansfield, TX 80,569 1,188 1,474.5 1,381.4 93.1
DeSoto, TX 56,488 1,112 1,968.6 1,642.8 325.7
Cedar Hill, TX 48,911 955 1,952.5 1,772.6 179.9
Midlothian, TX 43,497 469 1,078.2 958.7 119.5
Lancaster, TX 40,486 1,432 3,537.0 3,127.0 410.0
Duncanville, TX 38,939 1,007 2,586.1 2,277.9 308.2
Ennis, TX 24,979 425 1,701.4 1,525.3 176.1
Red Oak, TX 20,300 462 2,275.9 2,088.7 187.2
Glenn Heights, TX 20,025 216 1,078.7 843.9 234.7
Ovilla, TX 4,851 21 432.9 350.4 82.5

Waxahachie SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
7
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
6
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