Montgomery County, TX Crime Rate: Latest Crime Statistics
What is the crime rate in Montgomery County, Texas? The answer depends on the year, the crimes being counted, and the law-enforcement agencies included in the data.
The latest complete local data available for meaningful year-to-year comparison largely comes from 2024 crime reports. Texas crime data are collected through the state's Uniform Crime Reporting system, while the FBI publishes national and agency-level statistics through its Crime Data Explorer.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime in Texas portal, Montgomery County recorded approximately 15,786 reported offenses across the listed crime categories in 2024, compared with about 15,389 in 2023. Although the total number of reported offenses increased slightly, Montgomery County's rapidly growing population affects the per-capita crime rate.
That distinction is important. A rising number of reported crimes does not necessarily mean the crime rate per resident is rising at the same pace.
Montgomery County Crime Statistics at a Glance
The 2024 Texas UCR data show that reported crime in Montgomery County included both violent offenses and property offenses.
Among the larger reported categories were:
- Assault
- Larceny and theft
- Burglary
- Motor vehicle theft
- Sexual assault
- Robbery
The county recorded 14 murders, 143 robberies, 1,189 burglaries, 6,352 larceny offenses, and 901 motor-vehicle thefts in the 2024 data.
Crime statistics should not be confused with convictions. These figures describe offenses reported to law enforcement under UCR reporting rules. They do not establish who committed an offense, whether a person was charged, or whether prosecutors could prove a criminal case.
For example, an incident counted as assault in crime statistics may eventually involve very different allegations under Texas law. The distinction between ordinary assault and a more serious charge depends on factors such as injury, an alleged weapon, the relationship between the people involved, and other circumstances. The firm's explanation of assault versus aggravated assault in Texas addresses those legal differences.
What Does "Crime Rate" Actually Mean?
A crime rate usually compares the number of reported offenses with the population of an area, often expressed as offenses per 100,000 residents.
The basic calculation is:
Reported crimes ÷ population × 100,000
That makes it easier to compare places with different population sizes.
Montgomery County is particularly important to view this way because its population has been growing quickly. The U.S. Census Bureau's Montgomery County population data estimate that the county grew from roughly 620,000 residents in 2020 to more than 781,000 in 2025.
A county can therefore experience more reported incidents while still seeing a stable or declining crime rate per resident.
What Is the Crime Rate in Conroe, Texas?
Conroe should be examined separately from Montgomery County as a whole.
FBI-based 2024 reporting for the Conroe Police Department shows roughly 2,150 violent and property offenses, with property crime accounting for most of the total.
The 2024 figures included approximately:
| Crime category | Reported offenses |
|---|---|
| Violent crime | 279 |
| Property crime | 1,872 |
| Murder | 1 |
| Rape | 74 |
| Robbery | 41 |
| Aggravated assault | 163 |
| Burglary | 161 |
| Larceny-theft | 1,561 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 150 |
Based on the population used for FBI reporting, Conroe's 2024 violent-crime rate was roughly 244 per 100,000 residents, while property crime was about 1,634 per 100,000.
For comparison, the FBI estimated the nationwide 2024 violent-crime rate at 359.1 per 100,000 and the property-crime rate at 1,760.1 per 100,000.
On those measures, Conroe's reported 2024 violent and property crime rates were below the corresponding national rates.
However, a one-year comparison should not be treated as a complete measure of whether a community is "safe" or "unsafe." Crime varies by neighborhood, offense type, reporting practices, population changes, and year.
Is Crime Increasing or Decreasing in Conroe?
The recent trend is mixed rather than simply up or down.
FBI-derived data indicate that Conroe's property-crime rate declined significantly over the longer 2020 to 2024 period. Violent crime fluctuated more. The violent-crime rate was higher in 2024 than in 2020 but remained below its 2022 level.
Larceny-theft remained the largest property-crime category in 2024.
When a theft allegation leads to an actual criminal charge, the value and type of property, alleged conduct, and other statutory circumstances can determine the offense level. Those distinctions are addressed in Tim Rose Law's theft and property-crime defense information.
What Is the Crime Rate in The Woodlands?
Crime statistics for The Woodlands require more caution.
The Woodlands is a census-designated place rather than an incorporated city with one municipal police department. Law-enforcement coverage involves multiple agencies, including the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 4, and other agencies.
Because of that structure, presenting a single "The Woodlands crime rate" as though it came from one city police department can be misleading.
The better source is the official The Woodlands Township law-enforcement reporting archive, which publishes community policing reports showing incidents by village and crime category.
For example, the Township's June 2025 report recorded 25 family-violence assaults, 14 other assaults, 10 burglaries of motor vehicles, 25 forgery or fraud reports, and one robbery during that month.
These monthly figures are useful for understanding local patterns, but they should not be converted casually into an annual city crime rate or directly compared with national FBI rates unless the reporting coverage, offense definitions, and population denominator are aligned.
How Does Montgomery County Compare with National Crime Trends?
National crime has recently been declining.
The FBI reported that nationwide violent crime fell 4.5% in 2024, while property crime fell 8.1%.
More recent FBI data show that the national violent-crime rate fell again in 2025, to approximately 327.6 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
That does not mean Montgomery County experienced the same percentage change. National statistics describe the country as a whole, while Montgomery County, Conroe, and The Woodlands have different populations, law-enforcement structures, and reporting patterns.
For the cleanest comparison, local 2024 figures should generally be compared with national 2024 figures rather than mixing different years.
Which Crimes Are Most Common in Montgomery County?
The 2024 reporting shows that property offenses and assaults account for a substantial share of reported crime.
That pattern matters because broad crime categories can contain very different criminal allegations.
An alleged theft can range from a comparatively low-level property offense to a felony depending on the facts. Likewise, an assault report may ultimately involve misdemeanor assault, family violence allegations, or aggravated assault.
Sexual-assault statistics also should not be treated as interchangeable with a particular criminal charge. Texas sex-offense laws contain different elements and classifications, which is why allegations involving those offenses require their own legal analysis. Tim Rose Law's sex-crime defense page for Montgomery County explains that distinction from the perspective of someone facing an accusation.
What Crime Statistics Do Not Tell You
Crime-rate figures are useful, but they have limitations.
They generally do not tell you:
- How many reported incidents resulted in an arrest.
- How many arrests resulted in charges.
- How many charges resulted in a conviction.
- Whether a report was later determined to be unfounded.
- Whether crime is concentrated in a small part of the county.
- Why a particular crime category increased or decreased.
- The probability that a particular resident will become a victim.
The FBI also emphasizes that its statistics depend on information voluntarily submitted by participating law-enforcement agencies. Reporting coverage and later corrections can affect the data.
Texas DPS similarly describes its UCR system as a live collection, meaning agencies can update crime information as investigations, corrections, and data-quality reviews continue.
Crime Statistics and Criminal Charges Are Different Questions
Montgomery County crime statistics can help residents understand broad community trends. They cannot determine the outcome of an individual criminal case.
Someone accused of assault, theft, DWI, a drug offense, or another crime is judged on the evidence and law applicable to that particular accusation, not on whether a crime category happens to be increasing across the county.
The Law Office of Timothy Rose represents people facing criminal charges in Conroe and throughout Montgomery County. Information about the firm's broader representation is available through its Montgomery County criminal-defense services.
Crime statistics in this article are based primarily on 2024 Texas UCR and FBI reporting because those figures provide the most consistent complete-year local comparison. UCR data may later be revised. This article is for general informational purposes and is not legal advice.