Seminole, TX is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Seminole, TX shows violent crime at 178.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 864.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 49% 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
178.4/100K violent
864.3/100K property
-49% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Seminole, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Seminole reported 13 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 7,289. 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
Seminole's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Seminole's 178.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Grapevine (178.5), Dilley (178.9), Cedar Hill (179.9), Stephenville (179.9). 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 225.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 178.4 in 2024 (-21.0%). The highest observed value was 254.7 in 2022 and the lowest 110.9 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Seminole sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 178.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Seminole ranks 346 of 686 — above 340 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -0.9% 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 Seminole'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 13 reported violent incidents in a population of 7,289. 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.
Seminole's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.2 Census sq mi, Seminole logged 15.2 property and 3.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Seminole leans on larceny-theft at 58% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,916.
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.2 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
-19.9%
222.8 → 178.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-6%
919 → 864.3/100K
Property offenses lead Seminole's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
63
864.3
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
44
603.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
10
137.2
-
Burglary
9
123.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
13
178.4
394.7
Aggravated Assault
12
164.6
-
Robbery
1
13.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Seminole Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Seminole 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
Seminole: 178 violent, 864 property per 100,000 (grade A)
River Oaks: 220 violent, 1194 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Willow Park: 205 violent, 1123 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Gonzales: 1395 violent, 1989 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Lacy-Lakeview: 422 violent, 1526 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Lindale: 180 violent, 1538 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Sealy: 176 violent, 894 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Nolanville: 135 violent, 663 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Bulverde: 148 violent, 2019 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Seminole Police Department
Reporting agency for Seminole NIBRS-participating
Seminole Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Seminole's 76 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 Seminole in population. Their populations run from 7,217 to 7,431, against 7,289 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Seminole reported 13 violent crimes and 63 property crimes, for a total of 76 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Seminole?
From 2023 to 2024, Seminole's violent crime rate decreased by 19.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 6%.
What is the most common crime in Seminole?
The most common crime type in Seminole is larceny-theft, accounting for 57.9% of all reported crimes (44 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Seminole 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 Seminole, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.