CurrentCrimeMap

Data through August 2026, El Paso Police Department

Crime in El Paso, TX

The violent crime rate in El Paso is 270 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, 38% below the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −11% compared with the previous 12 months.

El Paso, Texas as seen from Scenic Drive on the Franklin Mountains.
Photo: WmCheez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

270 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,843 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−11% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

1,178 per 100,000 residents, per year

8,040 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−18% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

1,448 per 100,000 residents, per year

9,883 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 682,310, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where El Paso sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

270

El Paso has the 191st-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 111 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is El Paso; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Laredo, TX285186
Boynton Beach, FL278187
Fort Wayne, IN276188
Boise, ID273189
Cheyenne, WY270190
El Paso, TX270191
Kent, WA264192
Irving, TX259193
Peoria, AZ255194
Anne Arundel County, MD (County Police)255195
Grand Forks, ND255196

The places closest to El Paso in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

El Paso crime map

cities around it
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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from El Paso Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills El Paso and the 8 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

As of October 2026, we could not find a public incident map from the El Paso Police Department.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest El Paso, 6 have a higher violent crime rate and 2 a lower one. The closest is Las Cruces, NM, 39 miles away.

El Paso and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
El Paso, TX270
Las Cruces, NM50939 mi
Albuquerque, NM1,016225 mi
Midland, TX371253 mi
Tucson, AZ475261 mi
Lubbock, TX520289 mi
Gilbert, AZ115325 mi
Mesa, AZ427326 mi
Chandler, AZ111331 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Aug 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 196 reported29−20% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 19 reported2.8−17% vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 4,944 reported725−13% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 1,218 reported179−39% vs. a year ago
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 1,097 reported161−11% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 695 reported102−23% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent19629—−20%
HomicideViolent192.8—−17%
TheftProperty4,944725—−13%
Vehicle theftProperty1,218179—−39%
Theft from vehiclesProperty1,097161—−11%
BurglaryProperty695102—−23%
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports El Paso Police Department sends the FBI. Theft from vehicles is NIBRS codes 23F and 23G (items and parts taken from a vehicle) and theft is the rest of larceny. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (102nd highest rate of 155), robbery (116th highest rate of 152) and burglary (128th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violent crime −11%

050100150200SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug162190
Violent crimes per month in El Paso, TX, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Sep 2025160Sep 2024188
Oct 2025159Oct 2024182
Nov 2025133Nov 2024163
Dec 2025154Dec 2024176
Jan 2026122Jan 2025152
Feb 2026136Feb 2025187
Mar 2026186Mar 2025165
Apr 2026149Apr 2025176
May 2026158May 2025164
Jun 2026163Jun 2025159
Jul 2026161Jul 2025170
Aug 2026162Aug 2025190

Homicides −17%

012345SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug41
Homicides per month in El Paso, TX, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Sep 20254Sep 20241
Oct 20252Oct 20241
Nov 20252Nov 20242
Dec 20250Dec 20241
Jan 20260Jan 20254
Feb 20261Feb 20250
Mar 20262Mar 20253
Apr 20260Apr 20253
May 20261May 20252
Jun 20261Jun 20254
Jul 20262Jul 20251
Aug 20264Aug 20251

11 in 2026 through August, 18 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Sep 2023
Reported crime per month in El Paso, TX
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Aug 20261625344
Jul 20261616272
Jun 20261636931
May 20261587281
Apr 20261496780
Mar 20261866962
Feb 20261366211
Jan 20261227180
Dec 20251547190
Nov 20251336452
Oct 20251597062
Sep 20251606754
Aug 20251907931
Jul 20251707151
Jun 20251597744
May 20251648702
Apr 20251767943
Mar 20251658063
Feb 20251877640
Jan 20251528914
Dec 20241768551
Nov 20241638552
Oct 20241828991
Sep 20241888331
Aug 20241898421
Jul 20241988574
Jun 20242238610
May 20242088694
Apr 20242138060
Mar 20241558615
Feb 20241517750
Jan 20241249331
Dec 20231539842
Nov 20231531,0492
Oct 20231529694
Sep 20231809255

How El Paso compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
1Detroit, MI1,6323,712642,155Aug 2026
34Nashville, TN8283,377718,499Aug 2026
40Denver, CO7933,938733,212Sep 2026
42Washington, DC7772,656693,645Sep 2026
57Portland, OR6885,062631,483Aug 2026
59Oklahoma City, OK6722,598720,580Jul 2026
73Louisville, KY6123,250691,630Jul 2026
81Boston, MA5751,867671,262Aug 2026
191El Paso, TX2701,178682,310Aug 2026
225Prince George's County, MD (County Police)2201,741741,477Jun 2026

The 10 places closest to El Paso in population, El Paso included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
146Pasadena, TX3701,635149,168Aug 2026
151Brownsville, TX3571,314193,321Sep 2026
158Arlington, TX3451,726406,035Sep 2026
170Fort Worth, TX3251,9721,030,410Aug 2026
186Laredo, TX2851,000262,723Aug 2026
191El Paso, TX2701,178682,310Aug 2026
193Irving, TX2591,531258,220Aug 2026
220Grand Prairie, TX2231,212210,147Aug 2026
233Denton, TX1971,686172,882Jul 2026
237Garland, TX1851,474251,332Aug 2026

The 10 of 24 places in Texas closest to El Paso in violent crime rate. All 24 in Texas

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
20Albuquerque, NM1,0163,209559,192Sep 2026
96Lubbock, TX5201,994275,713Jul 2026
99Las Cruces, NM5093,325118,356Jul 2026
110Tucson, AZ4752,172556,898Sep 2026
118Mesa, AZ4271,139519,990Aug 2026
126Tempe, AZ4032,771191,348Aug 2026
144Midland, TX3711,510146,444Aug 2026
191El Paso, TX2701,178682,310Aug 2026
273Gilbert, AZ115812293,851Aug 2026
278Chandler, AZ1111,116282,191Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to El Paso by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare El Paso side by side with Austin, Fort Worth or Arlington, or with any other place.

Other cities in Texas

8 closest of 23

Texas as a whole has 323 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; El Paso’s rate is 16% below the state’s.

MidlandLubbockAmarilloSan AntonioLaredoKilleenAustinFort Worth

All 24 cities in Texas

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is El Paso safe?

By reported violent crime, El Paso is well below the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 270 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, −11% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for El Paso?

We could not find a public incident map from El Paso Police Department as of October 2026. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how El Paso compares with nearby places such as Las Cruces, NM instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in El Paso?

270 violent and 1,178 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 9,883 incidents reported to El Paso Police Department over the 12 months to August 2026. Violent crime includes 196 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 695 burglaries, 1,097 thefts from vehicles and 4,944 other thefts.

Is crime in El Paso going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −11% and property crime −18% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has El Paso had in 2026?

El Paso Police Department reported 11 homicides from January to August 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 18 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Aug 2026 the count was 19, or 3 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From El Paso Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset TX0710200). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting El Paso

12 months to August 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat19629−20%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal695102−23%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included1,097161−11%
Vehicle theft1,218179−39%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

TX0710200
Source
El Paso Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset TX0710200)
Latest complete month
August 2026
History on this site
September 2023 to August 2026 (44 months)
Update schedule
El Paso Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)