Lytle, TX has a B safety grade (71/100) with a violent crime rate of 31 per 100,000, 91% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS

Lytle, TX Crime Rate & Safety

Lytle is a small municipal reporter (3,269 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with TX and U.S. context.

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B
Safety grade
Above Average
2967.3
Property / 100K
30.6
Violent / 100K
3K
Population
+73%
property vs U.S.

Lytle, TX carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 91% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lytle, TX shows violent crime at 30.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,967.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 91% 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
  • 30.6/100K violent
  • 2967.3/100K property
  • -91% vs U.S.

The verdict

Lytle earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 91% below the U.S. average, placing it among the safest cities in the country.

B
PlainCrime safety grade
-91%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
95th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,967.3
property crimes per 100K

Based on 1 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,269. 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 Lytle, TX

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Lytle reported 1 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,269. 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.

Position in the state cohort

Lytle reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Texas cities

At 30.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lytle ranks 607 of 686 — above 79 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -83.0% 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 63.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 30.6 in 2024 (-52.0%). The highest observed value was 131.7 in 2022 and the lowest 30.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Comparable rate records

Lytle's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lytle's 30.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Parker (31.1), Helotes (29.3), San Saba (32.1), Southlake (32.2). 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

The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort

Violent offenses are 1.0% of the 98 Part I offenses reported in Lytle for 2024, against a median of 14.4% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 13.3 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.

Property-offense composition

Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort

Larceny-theft is 56.7% of reported property offenses in Lytle, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (21) and motor vehicle theft (21). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.

Property counts dominate Lytle'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 1 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,269. 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.

Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)

Violent Crime Rate
-68.2%
96.2 → 30.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2.5%
3044.9 → 2967.3/100K

Property offenses lead Lytle's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 97 2967.3
Larceny-Theft 55 1682.5
Burglary 21 642.4
Motor Vehicle Theft 21 642.4
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 1 30.6
Aggravated Assault 1 30.6
Murder 0 0
Rape 0 0
Robbery 0 0

Lytle Crime Trend (2020-2024)

Lytle property crime rate trend

Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
2,967.3/100K 2.5% vs 2023
2,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000 20202021202220232024 2,967

Lytle violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
30.6/100K 68.2% vs 2023
050100150 20202021202220232024 30.6
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 3,135 63.8 3476.9
2021 Comparable 3,122 32 3139
2022 Comparable 3,037 131.7 6684.2
2023 Comparable 3,120 96.2 3044.9
2024 Comparable 3,269 30.6 2967.3

How Lytle sits among TX peers

Lytle vs. similar-size TX cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Lytle vs. similar-size TX cities, violent vs. property crime 28 495 Violent crime per 100K → 244 3,205 Property crime per 100K → Lytle SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages

Reporting Agency

Lytle Police Department NIBRS-participating

Lytle's crime figures on this page originate from Lytle 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 Lytle in population. Their populations run from 3,177 to 3,375, against 3,269 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Similar violent-crime rates in Texas

These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Lytle's 30.6/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the crime rate in Lytle, TX?
Lytle has a violent crime rate of 30.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2967.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Lytle, TX safe?
Lytle receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 71/100. The violent crime rate is 91% below the national average and 92% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Lytle, TX?
The reporting population for Lytle is 3,269 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Lytle?
In 2024, Lytle reported 1 violent crimes and 97 property crimes, for a total of 98 reported offenses.
How do Lytle's reported offenses compare with its population?
In 2024, Lytle recorded about one reported offense per 33 residents and one reported violent offense per 3269 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lytle?
From 2023 to 2024, Lytle's violent crime rate decreased by 68.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.5%.
What is the most common crime in Lytle?
The most common crime type in Lytle is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.1% of all reported crimes (55 incidents in 2024).

Small-city read: Lytle 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.

Federal sources for this small-city row

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Lytle, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Lytle is scored as a small-city UCR reporter (3,269 on the row). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.