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Mesquite Crime Rate Report (Texas)

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

The city violent crime rate for Mesquite in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 38.19% and the city property crime rate in Mesquite was higher than the national property crime rate average by 42.98%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Mesquite was higher than the violent crime rate in Texas by 31.28% and the city property crime rate in Mesquite was higher than the property crime rate in Texas by 22.87%.

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

Mesquite Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault503
Arson9
Burglary369
Larceny and Theft2,383
Motor Vehicle Theft544
Murder and Manslaughter13
Rape58
Robbery106
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,737
Property Crime3,296
Violent Crime680
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault606
Arson10
Burglary375
Larceny and Theft2,804
Motor Vehicle Theft947
Murder and Manslaughter11
Rape54
Robbery85
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,568
Property Crime4,127
Violent Crime757

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Mesquite Property Crime

Mesquite Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Mesquite Crime 2025

Mesquite Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Mesquite Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Mesquite Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Mesquite, 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 Mesquite 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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