Mills County, Texas Crime Statistics
This webpage contains crime figures for Mills County, Texas. You can examine the breakdown of crime by type, changes to crime numbers over time, and see how Mills County compares to similar locations. If you are interested in seeing public records resources for Mills County, Texas, you can click the Public Records tab at the top.
Between 2003 and 2008 there were 179 total crimes reported in Mills County, Texas (20 of them violent). Of the 36 crimes that occur a year in Mills County, almost half happen less than a mile from home. On average, someone is a victim of a crime in Mills County, Texas 36 times a year.
Please note that these figures do not include crime statistics for 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 or 2004, as there were no data available for those years.
During the previous 10 years, crime data were available in Mills County, Texas for 5 years. Over that interval, reported crime in Mills County decreased by 3 percent. Over the same time frame, violent crime fell by 33 percent. Overall, the crime numbers reveal a gradual decrease in crime over the last 5 years in Mills County. If the current trend continues, predicted crime numbers could fall to forty for Mills County, Texas in 2009.
Remember that these graphs show reported crime figures and some step offs in crime numbers may be the result of changes in reporting, not actual changes in crime rates.
Visitors are cautioned against interpreting ranking data to determine 'how dangerous' a certain location is, as many factors, including episodic events, or differences in crime reporting and methodology can skew rankings. Click on the individual graph bars to see crime figures in these locations.
Mills County, Texas law enforcement agencies report their statistics to the FBI UCR program. The data reported for Mills County conform to the FBI data quality guidelines. For more information, and a description of the statistical methods and data algorithms used by RecordsPedia, please visit our methodology section.
Crime Statistics for cities in Mills County (14)
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ZIP codes for Mills County, Texas (4)