Kerrville, TX carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 58% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Kerrville, TX shows violent crime at 147.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 581 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 58% 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
147.2/100K violent
581/100K property
-58% vs U.S.
The verdict
Kerrville earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 58% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-58%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
58th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
581
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Kerrville, TX
Comparable rate records
Kerrville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Kerrville's 147.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Richardson (146.7), Godley (146.5), Bulverde (148.0), Dimmitt (148.4). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 271.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 147.2 in 2024 (-45.8%). The highest observed value was 333.6 in 2021 and the lowest 147.2 in 2024. 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 20.2% of the 183 Part I offenses reported in Kerrville for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 5.9 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.
Position in the state cohort
Kerrville sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 147.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Kerrville ranks 404 of 686 — above 282 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -18.2% 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 Kerrville'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.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-23.5%
192.3 → 147.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-24.5%
769.2 → 581/100K
Property offenses lead Kerrville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
146
581
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
114
453.6
-
Burglary
18
71.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
14
55.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
37
147.2
394.7
Aggravated Assault
27
107.4
-
Rape
7
27.9
-
Robbery
2
8
-
Murder
1
4
-
Kerrville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Kerrville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
581/100K↓24.5%vs 2023
Kerrville violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
147.2/100K↓23.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
23,912
271.8
1041.3
314
2021
Comparable
23,982
333.6
1242.6
378
2022
Comparable
24,696
210.6
923.2
280
2023
Comparable
24,962
192.3
769.2
240
2024
Comparable
25,131
147.2
581
183
How Kerrville sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Kerrville Police Department NIBRS-participating
Kerrville's crime figures on this page originate from Kerrville 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 Kerrville in population. Their populations run from 24,703 to 25,849, against 25,131 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Kerrville's 147.2/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Kerrville has a violent crime rate of 147.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 581 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Kerrville, TX safe? ▼
Kerrville receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 80/100. The violent crime rate is 58% below the national average and 63% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Kerrville, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Kerrville is 25,131 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Kerrville? ▼
In 2024, Kerrville reported 37 violent crimes and 146 property crimes, for a total of 183 reported offenses.
How do Kerrville's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Kerrville recorded about one reported offense per 137 residents and one reported violent offense per 679 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Kerrville? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Kerrville's violent crime rate decreased by 23.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 24.5%.
What is the most common crime in Kerrville? ▼
The most common crime type in Kerrville is larceny-theft, accounting for 62.3% of all reported crimes (114 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Kerrville 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 Kerrville, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.