What does “crime” mean for Austin?

Crime by council district means the indicators Austin Police Department publishes for Austin (2016–2025). They are reported incident or offence counts, not arrests, charges, or a safety score. The same heading in another city is not the same offence.

Where do the numbers come from?

Police figures come from Austin Police Department. Area boundaries come from City of Austin · council districts. Rates, when a denominator exists, use U.S. Census Bureau · population and are shown per 10,000 residents. A missing year, indicator, or boundary stays missing.

How often is this updated?

The site is updated periodically, with no fixed public schedule and no live feed. Comparable charts use full years. A year-to-date control, when the page has one, labels the partial year separately.

What does this not show?

Drug offences and overdose deaths are separate series, not part of these council districts. There is no single cross-city crime index. Counting rules and source links are on the Austin about page.

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Police reports, council districts, and the cuts this file does not make.

2016–2025Full years shown

10 districtsCouncil districts

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01 · Reading the timeline

Aggravated assault, without a theft-over cut.

Counts use Austin Open Data crime reports, grouped by occurrence year and council district. 2026 is year-to-date, through 2026-09-26. It stays out of the ten-year comparison.

Assault is aggravated assault only. Other theft stays out because the file does not publish a theft-over threshold.

02 · Scope

4 local indicators.

These are selected Austin categories, not all recorded crime. A shared indicator name does not make the Austin and Toronto series comparable.

Assault: Aggravated assault only.
Auto Theft: Auto theft.
Burglary: Burglary.
Robbery: Robbery.

Hate-crime and money-laundering sources have not been added for Austin. Their views explain that coverage gap. The indicators above cannot stand in for either subject.

03 · Place & population

Council districts, counts and rates.

The map uses Austin’s 10 council districts. The dashboard shows district totals and does not plot individual reports. Streets and place labels come from a locally hosted Protomaps/OpenStreetMap snapshot.

0.41% of the full-year indicator records were not placed in an area (484 reports). They remain in the city total.

Citywide rates use Census Bureau city estimates. 2016–2019 use the 2010-based vintage and 2020–2025 the 2020-based vintage. District rates use a fixed 2020 Census block-group allocation by internal point. That allocation can sit slightly above the city estimate.

04 · Source records

Follow the numbers.

Austin Police Department · Crime ReportsOpen-data reports fdj4-gpfu, grouped by year, category, and council district ↗City of Austin · Council districtsSingle-member district polygons ↗U.S. Census Bureau · city estimatesAustin city population ↗

Police data: City of Austin. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, a United States government work.

About this data

How to read these figures

What does “crime” mean for Austin?: Crime by council district means the indicators Austin Police Department publishes for Austin (2016–2025). They are reported incident or offence counts, not arrests, charges, or a safety score. The same heading in another city is not the same offence.
Where do the numbers come from?: Police figures come from Austin Police Department. Area boundaries come from City of Austin · council districts. Rates, when a denominator exists, use U.S. Census Bureau · population and are shown per 10,000 residents. A missing year, indicator, or boundary stays missing.
How often is this updated?: The site is updated periodically, with no fixed public schedule and no live feed. Comparable charts use full years. A year-to-date control, when the page has one, labels the partial year separately.
What does this not show?: Drug offences and overdose deaths are separate series, not part of these council districts. There is no single cross-city crime index. Counting rules and source links are on the Austin about page.

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Licences & attribution.

Crime Reports (fdj4-gpfu)

Crime data: Austin Police Department, City of Austin.

Original source ↗ · Public Domain ↗

Crime Pulse selects offence categories and aggregates incident reports by occurrence year and council district.

Only the highest-level offence per incident is represented. APD disclaims liability; classifications and totals may change. Do not re-identify individuals or combine datasets for that purpose. The City can require termination of displays or distribution under its terms.

Single Member Districts

Boundary acknowledgments: Citygate GIS; Travis County Clerk – Elections Division; City of Austin – Communications and Technology Management Department.

Original source ↗ · City of Austin geographic-reference terms ↗

Crime Pulse joins council IDs, converts and simplifies polygons, and allocates 2020 Census block-group population by internal point.

For informational and geographic reference only; not a ground survey or suitable for legal, engineering or surveying purposes. City of Austin makes no warranty of accuracy or completeness.

Terms reviewed 2026-09-29. Download source notices. These records cover crime data and reporting-area boundaries; population and street-map notices remain separate.