Universal City, TX is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 27% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Universal City, TX shows violent crime at 258.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,102.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 27% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
258.4/100K violent
2102.3/100K property
-27% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Universal City, TX
Comparable rate records
Universal City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Universal City's 258.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Saginaw (258.5), Rockport (258.9), Newton (257.9), Harlingen (257.7). 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
Universal City sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 258.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Universal City ranks 233 of 686 — above 453 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +44.4% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 311.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 258.4 in 2024 (-17.1%). The highest observed value was 316.5 in 2022 and the lowest 258.4 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 10.9% of the 475 Part I offenses reported in Universal City for 2024, against a median of 14.4% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 3.4 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 counts dominate Universal City'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.
Universal City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.6 Census sq mi, Universal City logged 75 property and 9.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Universal City's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 475 offenses; mix index 4,822).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-37.4%
3356.2 → 2102.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-14.8%
303.3 → 258.4/100K
Property offenses lead Universal City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
423
2102.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
320
1590.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
52
258.4
-
Burglary
51
253.5
-
Arson
1
5
-
Violent Crime
52
258.4
352
Aggravated Assault
29
144.1
-
Rape
13
64.6
-
Robbery
9
44.7
-
Murder
1
5
-
Universal City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Universal City 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
Universal City: 258 violent, 2102 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Glenn Heights: 235 violent, 844 property per 100,000 (grade B)
La Marque: 540 violent, 2260 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Red Oak: 187 violent, 2089 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Seagoville: 108 violent, 1525 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Brenham: 531 violent, 2038 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Angleton: 254 violent, 952 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Crowley: 195 violent, 1493 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Portland: 156 violent, 844 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Universal City Police Department
Reporting agency for Universal City NIBRS-participating
Universal City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Universal City's 475 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 Universal City in population. Their populations run from 19,775 to 20,506, against 20,121 here. Or use our
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Universal City at 258.4/100K violent and 2,102.3/100K property - matched below outside Texas (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Universal City reported 52 violent crimes and 423 property crimes, for a total of 475 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Universal City?
From 2023 to 2024, Universal City's violent crime rate decreased by 14.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 37.4%.
What is the most common crime in Universal City?
The most common crime type in Universal City is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.4% of all reported crimes (320 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Universal City 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 Universal City, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.