Waxahachie, TX carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 37% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Waxahachie, TX shows violent crime at 223.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,570.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 37% 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
223.5/100K violent
1570.4/100K property
-37% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Waxahachie, TX
Comparable rate records
Waxahachie's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Waxahachie's 223.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are North Richland Hills (223.2), Mount Pleasant (224.5), Burkburnett (224.7), Jonestown (224.7). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 181.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 223.5 in 2024 (+22.9%). The highest observed value was 273.3 in 2021 and the lowest 181.9 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 81.9% of reported property offenses in Waxahachie, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (60) and motor vehicle theft (80). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Waxahachie sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 223.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Waxahachie ranks 282 of 686 — above 404 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +24.9% 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 counts dominate Waxahachie'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.
Waxahachie's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 49.8 Census sq mi, Waxahachie logged 15.5 property and 2.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Waxahachie's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (72% of 883 offenses; mix index 5,354).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (49.8 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
+2.1%
1537.8 → 1570.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+0.2%
223 → 223.5/100K
Property offenses lead Waxahachie's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
773
1570.4
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
633
1286
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
80
162.5
-
Burglary
60
121.9
-
Arson
1
2
-
Violent Crime
110
223.5
394.7
Aggravated Assault
78
158.5
-
Rape
25
50.8
-
Robbery
5
10.2
-
Murder
2
4.1
-
Waxahachie Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Waxahachie 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 averages
Waxahachie Police Department
Reporting agency for Waxahachie NIBRS-participating
Waxahachie Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Waxahachie's 883 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
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In 2024, Waxahachie reported 110 violent crimes and 773 property crimes, for a total of 883 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Waxahachie?
From 2023 to 2024, Waxahachie's violent crime rate increased by 0.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 2.1%.
What is the most common crime in Waxahachie?
The most common crime type in Waxahachie is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.7% of all reported crimes (633 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Waxahachie 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 Waxahachie, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.