Has reported crime gone up or down?

Name a police agency and a year, and see how its reported crime rate in 2025 compares with that year, with both years' counts and populations shown. It compares one agency with itself, never with other places.

Informational only, not professional advice. A rate for a police agency says nothing certain about any one home, street or school.

Caldwell County Sheriff's Office, Texas, 2015 to 2025

Violent crime · 2015 to 2025

down 22% 179.8 → 140.1 per 100,000 people

Caldwell County Sheriff's Office's reported violent crime rate was down 22% in 2025 compared with 2015: 35 crimes for 19,467 people then, 40 crimes for 28,551 people now.

140.1 − 179.8 = −39.7 per 100,000 · ÷ 179.8 = down 22%

This agency switched to the FBI's newer system (NIBRS) in 2019, between these two years. NIBRS counts every offense in an incident, not only the most serious one, so part of any difference can be the change in counting.

Property crime · 2015 to 2025

down 47% 878.4 → 465.8 per 100,000 people

Caldwell County Sheriff's Office's reported property crime rate was down 47% in 2025 compared with 2015: 171 crimes for 19,467 people then, 133 crimes for 28,551 people now.

465.8 − 878.4 = −412.6 per 100,000 · ÷ 878.4 = down 47%

These are crimes reported to police and passed on to the FBI. A rate can move because crime changed, because reporting changed, or because the population figure changed, and the rate alone can't tell you which.

Year	Population	Violent · rate	Property · rate
2025	28,551	40 · 140.1	133 · 465.8
2024	28,692	41 · 142.9	153 · 533.2
2023	26,512	56 · 211.2	140 · 528.1
2022	25,787	48 · 186.1	83 · 321.9
2021	22,401	27 · 120.5	91 · 406.2
2020	22,245	17 · 76.4	96 · 431.6
2019	21,790	51 · 234.1	88 · 403.9
2018	21,187	33 · 155.8	114 · 538.1
2017	20,332	26 · 127.9	183 · 900.1
2016	19,759	35 · 177.1	141 · 713.6
2015	19,467	35 · 179.8	171 · 878.4

Each cell is the number of crimes reported, then the rate per 100,000 people. The two years being compared are in bold. A sharp drop in a single year can mean incomplete reporting and not less crime.

How the change is worked out

(rate now − rate then) ÷ rate then × 100 = change in percent

Each year's rate is worked out exactly as on the agency's page: crimes reported to the FBI that year, divided by the population the FBI lists for the agency that year, times 100,000. The change is the difference between the two rates, and the percent is that difference as a share of the earlier rate. Because each year uses its own population, growth or shrinkage in the area is already in the rate. The figures come from the FBI Crime Data Explorer, as refreshed by the FBI in September 2026. The full method and its limits are on the lookup page.

Limits of a change over time

A change is shown only when both years would get a rate on the agency's page. Otherwise the page says what is missing. Nothing is estimated or annualized.
Across the FBI's 2021 switch to NIBRS, the two years were counted in different systems. The page says so whenever the agency switched between the years picked. See the FBI's crime trend explorer for the same series.
A small agency's rate swings on one or two crimes, so a large percent change can be a handful of reports. The counts are on the page for that reason.
One agency against its own past only. Changes are never listed or sorted across agencies; the FBI cautions against ranking places with its data.

Last reviewed: September 2026

Questions people ask

Does a rate going up mean the place got more dangerous?

Not on its own. The rate counts crimes reported to police and passed on to the FBI. It rises when more crimes happen, but also when more people report them, when the agency changes how it records them, or when the population figure changes. The page shows every input so you can see which moved.

Why is there no change for the years I picked?

A change is worked out only when both years would get a rate on the agency's own page: all 12 months reported and a population listed, and for 2021, the agency already reporting through NIBRS. If either year falls short, the page says what is missing and shows the counts it does have. It never fills a gap with an estimate.

What does the note about the 2021 switch mean?

In 2021 the FBI stopped accepting its older reporting format. Agencies that switched to the newer system, NIBRS, between the two years you picked reported those years in different systems. NIBRS counts every offense in an incident rather than only the most serious one, so part of a rise can be the change in counting.

Can I compare one agency's trend with another's?

Open the compare tool for the latest year, or run this tool twice. CrimeTally never lists agencies by how much their rate changed, because a sorted list is a ranking and the FBI cautions against ranking places with its data.