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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Texas (2026)

Kinney has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Texas, at 16.6 per 100k, followed by Dickens and Archer. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in Texas

Top 25 of 254 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Texas
RankCountyValue
1Kinney16.6 per 100k
2Dickens19.3 per 100k
3Archer20.4 per 100k
4Briscoe27.1 per 100k
5Sherman27.9 per 100k
6Hartley28.4 per 100k
7Cottle29.2 per 100k
8McMullen31.1 per 100k
9Mason43.8 per 100k
10Oldham44.6 per 100k
11Collingsworth44.6 per 100k
12Glasscock46.8 per 100k
13Lipscomb47.3 per 100k
14Menard47.9 per 100k
15Stonewall48.2 per 100k
16Hansford50.3 per 100k
17Somervell57.9 per 100k
18San Jacinto58.5 per 100k
19Armstrong64.7 per 100k
20Concho64.9 per 100k
21Mitchell68.5 per 100k
22Coke71.4 per 100k
23Hardeman76.0 per 100k
24Zapata78.7 per 100k
25Kimble81.3 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Texas counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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