Sinton, TX carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 29% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Sinton, TX shows violent crime at 251.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,597 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 29% 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
251.2/100K violent
1597/100K property
-29% vs U.S.
The verdict
Sinton earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 29% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-29%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
37th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,597
property crimes per 100K
Based on 14 reported violent incidents in a population of 5,573. 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 Sinton, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Sinton reported 14 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 5,573. 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 788.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 251.2 in 2024 (-68.2%). The highest observed value was 838.4 in 2021 and the lowest 251.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Sinton's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Sinton's 251.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Teague (250.9), Granger (250.8), Falfurrias (251.9), Ector (252.2). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Sinton sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 251.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Sinton ranks 244 of 686 — above 442 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +40.4% against the cohort median of 178.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 85.4% of reported property offenses in Sinton, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (10) and motor vehicle theft (3). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Sinton'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 14 reported violent incidents in a population of 5,573. 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.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-23.3%
2083.3 → 1597/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-0.9%
253.6 → 251.2/100K
Property offenses lead Sinton's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
89
1597
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
76
1363.7
-
Burglary
10
179.4
-
Arson
4
71.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
53.8
-
Violent Crime
14
251.2
394.7
Aggravated Assault
12
215.3
-
Rape
2
35.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Sinton Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Sinton property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,597/100K↓23.3%vs 2023
Sinton violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
251.2/100K↓0.9%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
5,324
788.9
3249.4
215
2021
Comparable
5,248
838.4
3334.6
219
2022
Comparable
5,602
410.6
1892.2
129
2023
Comparable
5,520
253.6
2083.3
129
2024
Comparable
5,573
251.2
1597
103
How Sinton sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Sinton Police Department NIBRS-participating
Sinton's crime figures on this page originate from Sinton 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 Sinton in population. Their populations run from 5,555 to 5,723, against 5,573 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Sinton's 251.2/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Sinton has a violent crime rate of 251.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1597 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Sinton, TX safe? ▼
Sinton receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 61/100. The violent crime rate is 29% below the national average and 36% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Sinton, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Sinton is 5,573 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Sinton? ▼
In 2024, Sinton reported 14 violent crimes and 89 property crimes, for a total of 103 reported offenses.
How do Sinton's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Sinton recorded about one reported offense per 54 residents and one reported violent offense per 398 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Sinton? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Sinton's violent crime rate decreased by 0.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.3%.
What is the most common crime in Sinton? ▼
The most common crime type in Sinton is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.8% of all reported crimes (76 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Sinton 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 Sinton, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.