Graham, TX is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 52% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Graham, TX shows violent crime at 169.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 621.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 52% 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
169.4/100K violent
621.3/100K property
-52% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Graham, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Graham reported 15 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 8,853. 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
Graham's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Graham's 169.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Kennedale (169.3), Gun Barrel City (170.4), College Station (170.5), Ballinger (168.3). 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
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 21.4% of the 70 Part I offenses reported in Graham for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 7.1 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.
Position in the state cohort
Graham sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 169.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Graham ranks 362 of 686 — above 324 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -5.8% 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 174.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 169.4 in 2024 (-2.9%). The highest observed value was 174.6 in 2020 and the lowest 125.5 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Graham'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 15 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,853. 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.
Graham's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.6 Census sq mi, Graham logged 9.8 property and 2.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Graham leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,714.
Violent offenses are 21% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+35%
125.5 → 169.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-35.9%
969.5 → 621.3/100K
Property offenses lead Graham's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
55
621.3
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
40
451.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
8
90.4
-
Burglary
7
79.1
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
15
169.4
394.7
Aggravated Assault
9
101.7
-
Rape
5
56.5
-
Murder
1
11.3
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Graham Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Graham property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose 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
Graham: 169 violent, 621 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Sunnyvale: 113 violent, 1164 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Lavon: 226 violent, 1670 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Hillsboro: 135 violent, 1859 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Venus: 101 violent, 393 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Wharton: 353 violent, 1879 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Liberty: 291 violent, 2104 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Hondo: 235 violent, 1643 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Highland Park: 57 violent, 2458 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Graham Police Department
Reporting agency for Graham NIBRS-participating
Graham Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Graham's 70 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Texas cities closest to Graham in population. Their populations run from 8,706 to 8,948, against 8,853 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Graham reported 15 violent crimes and 55 property crimes, for a total of 70 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Graham?
From 2023 to 2024, Graham's violent crime rate increased by 35%, and the property crime rate decreased by 35.9%.
What is the most common crime in Graham?
The most common crime type in Graham is larceny-theft, accounting for 57.1% of all reported crimes (40 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Graham 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 Graham, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.