Edcouch, TX carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 47% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Edcouch, TX shows violent crime at 188.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 226 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 47% 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
188.3/100K violent
226/100K property
-47% vs U.S.
The verdict
Edcouch earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 47% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-47%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
48th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
226
property crimes per 100K
Based on 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,655. 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 Edcouch, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Edcouch reported 5 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,655. 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 45.5% of the 11 Part I offenses reported in Edcouch for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 31.2 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.
Comparable rate records
Edcouch's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Edcouch's 188.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Denver City (188.1), Richwood (187.9), Mission (189.1), Lewisville (187.4). 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
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 50.0% of reported property offenses in Edcouch, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (2) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Edcouch sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 188.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Edcouch ranks 329 of 686 — above 357 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +5.2% against the cohort median of 178.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Edcouch's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row keeps violent and property totals in a closer balance. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,655. 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.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-37.1%
299.2 → 188.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-39.6%
374 → 226/100K
Edcouch's 2024 offense mix (violent and property)
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
6
226
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
3
113
-
Burglary
2
75.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
37.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
5
188.3
394.7
Aggravated Assault
5
188.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Edcouch Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Edcouch violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
188.3/100K↓37.1%vs 2023
Edcouch property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
226/100K↓39.6%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,329
0
0
0
2021
Comparable
3,287
0
0
0
2022
Comparable
2,708
0
0
0
2023
Comparable
2,674
299.2
374
18
2024
Comparable
2,655
188.3
226
11
How Edcouch sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Edcouch Police Department NIBRS-participating
Edcouch's crime figures on this page originate from Edcouch 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 Edcouch in population. Their populations run from 2,597 to 2,686, against 2,655 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Edcouch's 188.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Edcouch has a violent crime rate of 188.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 226 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Edcouch, TX safe? ▼
Edcouch receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 79/100. The violent crime rate is 47% below the national average and 52% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Edcouch, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Edcouch is 2,655 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Edcouch? ▼
In 2024, Edcouch reported 5 violent crimes and 6 property crimes, for a total of 11 reported offenses.
How do Edcouch's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Edcouch recorded about one reported offense per 241 residents and one reported violent offense per 531 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Edcouch? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Edcouch's violent crime rate decreased by 37.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 39.6%.
What is the most common crime in Edcouch? ▼
The most common crime type in Edcouch is aggravated assault, accounting for 45.5% of all reported crimes (5 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Edcouch 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 Edcouch, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.