Crane, TX is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns an A+ PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 83% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Crane, TX shows violent crime at 60.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 270.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 83% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A+ from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A+ safety grade
60.1/100K violent
270.6/100K property
-83% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Crane, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Crane reported 2 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,326. 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
Crane's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Crane's 60.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Canton (61.2), Fate (59.0), Gregory (58.1), Hutto (57.9). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Crane reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Texas cities
At 60.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Crane ranks 564 of 686 — above 122 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -66.6% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 53.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 60.1 in 2024 (+11.9%). The highest observed value was 151.8 in 2023 and the lowest 53.7 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 18.2% of the 11 Part I offenses reported in Crane for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 3.9 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 counts dominate Crane'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 2 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,326. 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.
Crane's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 1.1 Census sq mi, Crane logged 8.5 property and 1.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Crane's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 11 offenses; mix index 4,711).
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (1.1 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+197%
91.1 → 270.6/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-60.4%
151.8 → 60.1/100K
Property offenses lead Crane's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
vs US avg
Property Crime
9
270.6
2058.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
7
210.5
-
-
Burglary
2
60.1
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
2
60.1
394.7
352
Aggravated Assault
2
60.1
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Rape
0
0
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Crane Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Crane property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
270.6/100K↑197%vs 2023
Crane violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
60.1/100K↓60.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,722
53.7
295.5
13
2021
Comparable
3,681
54.3
135.8
7
2022
Comparable
3,485
57.4
258.2
11
2023
Comparable
3,293
151.8
91.1
8
2024
Comparable
3,326
60.1
270.6
11
Crane Police Department
Reporting agency for Crane NIBRS-participating
Crane Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Crane's 11 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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
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In 2024, Crane reported 2 violent crimes and 9 property crimes, for a total of 11 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Crane?
From 2023 to 2024, Crane's violent crime rate decreased by 60.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 197%.
What is the most common crime in Crane?
The most common crime type in Crane is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.6% of all reported crimes (7 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Crane 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.