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
vs US avg
Property Crime
97
2967.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
55
1682.5
-
Burglary
21
642.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
21
642.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
1
30.6
352
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
Lytle violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
30.6/100K↓68.2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,135
63.8
3476.9
111
2021
Comparable
3,122
32
3139
99
2022
Comparable
3,037
131.7
6684.2
207
2023
Comparable
3,120
96.2
3044.9
98
2024
Comparable
3,269
30.6
2967.3
98
How Lytle sits among TX peers
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
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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).
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.