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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Temple, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Temple, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Temple. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Temple, TX safe?
Temple, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 51 out of 100, grade C, below the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 45% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 51 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 45%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 41%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 71
How Temple compares
Temple scores 2 points below the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Temple lies in Bell County, which has a county Safety Score of 29, grade D.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Temple.
Neighborhoods inside Temple
71 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Temple, 58 of them mostly inside it. Among those 58, the lowest scores 1, the highest 92, and the middle 80% range from 12 to 80.
ZIP codes where Temple residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Temple's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Texas
- Belton Safety Score 40 · grade C · 5.7 miles
- Harker Heights Safety Score 64 · grade B · 16 miles
- Killeen Safety Score 49 · grade C · 21 miles
- Hewitt Safety Score 73 · grade B · 27 miles
- Robinson Safety Score 81 · grade A · 30 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Temple
Temple has an estimated 96,267 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 71.2 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 71 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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