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Gainesville Crime Rate Report (Texas)

Gainesville crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Gainesville for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Gainesville in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 35.74% and the city property crime rate in Gainesville was lower than the national property crime rate average by 24.03%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Gainesville was lower than the violent crime rate in Texas by 38.95% and the city property crime rate in Gainesville was lower than the property crime rate in Texas by 34.71%.

Property and Violent Crime
Gainesville Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Gainesville Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Gainesville Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault25
Arson1
Burglary28
Larceny and Theft172
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape6
Robbery7
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)250
Property Crime216
Violent Crime39
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault22
Arson0
Burglary21
Larceny and Theft189
Motor Vehicle Theft34
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape1
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)279
Property Crime245
Violent Crime25

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Gainesville Property Crime

Gainesville Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Gainesville Crime 2025

Gainesville Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Gainesville Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Gainesville Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Gainesville, Texas crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Gainesville crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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