Devine, TX is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 63% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Devine, TX shows violent crime at 128.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,479.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 63% 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
128.6/100K violent
1479.1/100K property
-63% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Devine, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Devine reported 6 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 4,665. 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
Devine's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Devine's 128.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Dayton (130.0), Hedwig Village (130.0), Penitas (127.1), Quinlan (126.8). 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 92.8% of reported property offenses in Devine, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (3) and motor vehicle theft (2). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Devine sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 128.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Devine ranks 448 of 686 — above 238 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -28.5% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.0% of the 75 Part I offenses reported in Devine for 2024, against a median of 14.4% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 6.4 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 122.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 128.6 in 2024 (+4.7%). The highest observed value was 130.7 in 2023 and the lowest 66.9 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Devine'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 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,665. 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.
Devine's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3.2 Census sq mi, Devine logged 21.5 property and 1.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Devine's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (85% of 75 offenses; mix index 7,371).
Violent offenses are only 8% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.2 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
-32.1%
2178.6 → 1479.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-1.6%
130.7 → 128.6/100K
Property offenses lead Devine's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
69
1479.1
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
64
1371.9
-
Burglary
3
64.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
42.9
-
Arson
1
21.4
-
Violent Crime
6
128.6
394.7
Aggravated Assault
6
128.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Devine Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Devine property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Devine: 129 violent, 1479 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Madisonville: 279 violent, 665 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Springtown: 238 violent, 908 property per 100,000 (grade B)
La Grange: 370 violent, 1176 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Lake Worth: 567 violent, 8455 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Diboll: 371 violent, 764 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Pittsburg: 458 violent, 764 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Godley: 147 violent, 544 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Caldwell: 126 violent, 481 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Devine Police Department
Reporting agency for Devine NIBRS-participating
Devine Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Devine's 75 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, Devine reported 6 violent crimes and 69 property crimes, for a total of 75 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Devine?
From 2023 to 2024, Devine's violent crime rate decreased by 1.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 32.1%.
What is the most common crime in Devine?
The most common crime type in Devine is larceny-theft, accounting for 85.3% of all reported crimes (64 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Devine 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 Devine, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.