Bee Cave, TX carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 56% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bee Cave, TX shows violent crime at 153.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,663 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 56% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
153.9/100K violent
2663/100K property
-56% vs U.S.
The verdict
Bee Cave earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 56% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-56%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
56th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,663
property crimes per 100K
Based on 13 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,449. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bee Cave, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Bee Cave reported 13 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 8,449. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Bee Cave's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Bee Cave's 153.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Clear Lake Shores (153.8), Hewitt (153.8), Schertz (153.6), Kermit (153.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 5.5% of the 238 Part I offenses reported in Bee Cave for 2024, against a median of 14.4% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 8.9 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 85.3% of reported property offenses in Bee Cave, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (19) and motor vehicle theft (14). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 137.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 153.9 in 2024 (+11.6%). The highest observed value was 284.6 in 2021 and the lowest 137.8 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Bee Cave sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 153.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bee Cave ranks 388 of 686 — above 298 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -14.5% against the cohort median of 179.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Bee Cave's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 13 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,449. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-36.2%
241.3 → 153.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
-1.8%
2711.4 → 2663/100K
Property offenses lead Bee Cave's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
225
2663
1711
Larceny-Theft
192
2272.5
-
Burglary
19
224.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
14
165.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
13
153.9
352
Aggravated Assault
12
142
-
Rape
1
11.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Bee Cave Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Bee Cave property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,663/100K↓1.8%vs 2023
Bee Cave violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
153.9/100K↓36.2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
7,255
137.8
2550
195
2021
Comparable
7,378
284.6
2033.1
171
2022
Comparable
8,870
157.8
1792.6
173
2023
Comparable
8,704
241.3
2711.4
257
2024
Comparable
8,449
153.9
2663
238
How Bee Cave sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Bee Cave Police Department NIBRS-participating
Bee Cave's crime figures on this page originate from Bee Cave Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Texas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Texas cities closest to Bee Cave in population. Their populations run from 8,223 to 8,690, against 8,449 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Bee Cave's 153.9/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Bee Cave has a violent crime rate of 153.9 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2663 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Bee Cave, TX safe? ▼
Bee Cave receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 61/100. The violent crime rate is 56% below the national average and 61% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Bee Cave, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Bee Cave is 8,449 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Bee Cave? ▼
In 2024, Bee Cave reported 13 violent crimes and 225 property crimes, for a total of 238 reported offenses.
How do Bee Cave's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Bee Cave recorded about one reported offense per 36 residents and one reported violent offense per 650 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Bee Cave? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Bee Cave's violent crime rate decreased by 36.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 1.8%.
What is the most common crime in Bee Cave? ▼
The most common crime type in Bee Cave is larceny-theft, accounting for 80.7% of all reported crimes (192 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Bee Cave is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Bee Cave, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.