Harker Heights, TX is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 62% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Harker Heights, TX shows violent crime at 134.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 989.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 62% 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
134.8/100K violent
989.7/100K property
-62% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Harker Heights, TX
Comparable rate records
Harker Heights's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Harker Heights's 134.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bertram (134.8), Buda (135.1), Hillsboro (135.2), Nolanville (135.3). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 172.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 134.8 in 2024 (-21.7%). The highest observed value was 232.3 in 2022 and the lowest 134.8 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Harker Heights sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 134.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Harker Heights ranks 435 of 686 — above 251 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -25.1% 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 Harker Heights'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Harker Heights's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 15.6 Census sq mi, Harker Heights logged 22.1 property and 3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Harker Heights's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 392 offenses; mix index 4,513).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (15.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-37.9%
217.1 → 134.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-14.5%
1158.1 → 989.7/100K
Property offenses lead Harker Heights's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
345
989.7
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
252
722.9
-
Burglary
63
180.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
30
86.1
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
47
134.8
394.7
Aggravated Assault
27
77.5
-
Rape
15
43
-
Robbery
5
14.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Harker Heights Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Harker Heights 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
Harker Heights: 135 violent, 990 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Sachse: 72 violent, 738 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Del Rio: 171 violent, 1283 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Greenville: 213 violent, 1211 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Lufkin: 529 violent, 2195 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Texarkana: 388 violent, 2504 property per 100,000 (grade D)
San Juan: 155 violent, 1418 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Deer Park: 134 violent, 1260 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Nacogdoches: 236 violent, 1455 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Harker Heights Police Department
Reporting agency for Harker Heights NIBRS-participating
Harker Heights Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Harker Heights's 392 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, Harker Heights reported 47 violent crimes and 345 property crimes, for a total of 392 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Harker Heights?
From 2023 to 2024, Harker Heights's violent crime rate decreased by 37.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 14.5%.
What is the most common crime in Harker Heights?
The most common crime type in Harker Heights is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.3% of all reported crimes (252 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Harker Heights figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Harker Heights, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.