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Terrell Hills, TX crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

The crime rate in Terrell Hills is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 13 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Terrell Hills is 1 in 76. Based on FBI crime data, Terrell Hills is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Texas, Terrell Hills has a crime rate that is higher than 55% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

How does the crime rate in Terrell Hills compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Terrell Hills with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Terrell Hills's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Terrell Hills does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Terrell Hills.

For Terrell Hills, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Terrell Hills than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2524, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Terrell Hills experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Terrell Hills's rate for property crime is 13 per one thousand population. This makes Terrell Hills a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Terrell Hills is one in 79.

Terrell Hills Crime Data

total Crime Index

38

(100 is safest)


Safer than 38% of U.S. cities.

Terrell Hills Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

2

64

66

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.40

12.68

13.07

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.4
4.32
National Median: 4
    Terrell Hills
    Texas

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 2,524

in Terrell Hills

1 in 232

in Texas

Terrell Hills Violent Crimes

Population: 5,048
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 1 1 0 0
Rate per 1,000 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.00

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
12.68
23.0
National Median: 20
    Terrell Hills
    Texas

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 79

in Terrell Hills

1 in 43

in Texas

Property Crimes

Population: 5,048
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 22 34 8
Rate per 1,000 4.36 6.74 1.58

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Terrell Hills Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
40
28
National Median: 27.0
    Terrell Hills
    Texas

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