Texas · Neighborhood crime trends

Austin North Central

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Austin North Central, Q1 2022 to Q2 2026
Creator: CrimesLog

9 neighborhoods - a quarterly race to the lowest crime rate.

Crime Trends: Neighborhoods compared - each quarter from Q1 2022

Austin as a whole averaged 19.0 crimes for every 1,000 residents per quarter in Q2 2026, while north central Austin averaged 23.1, hence it is generally less safe when all crimes are considered.

How do the 9 neighborhoods of north central Austin compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 1,553 crimes across them, 23.1 for every 1,000 residents. That is 8.2% below a year earlier and 17.5% below Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Crestview has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (14.8 per 1,000), followed by Brentwood (15.3) and Wooten (16.6). North Loop has the highest (41.0).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 9 AUSTIN NORTH CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOODs race across 18 quarter periods from Q1 2022 to Q2 2026 - one crime category at a time or all together. The race chart can be used to compare average crime rates by category against Austin's average.

Neighborhood boundaries are defined by City of Austin Open Data, grouped into eight areas by CrimesLog from Austin Police Department sectors; simplified by CrimesLog.

A little history

Austin North Central in Austin. Austin was chosen as the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1839 and is now a city of almost a million people, built around state government, the university and the technology industry. Austin North Central lies on the city's north side; Crestview, Brentwood and Wooten were built mostly after the Second World War as Austin spread north along Lamar Boulevard and Burnet Road.

Notable neighborhoods in Austin North Central include:

Post-war Austin. Crestview, Brentwood and Wooten were built mostly in the decades after the Second World War, as the city spread north along Lamar Boulevard and Burnet Road.

Highland. Highland Mall, which opened in 1971 as the north side's big shopping centre, closed in 2015. Austin Community College now has a campus on the site and the area is being rebuilt around it.

The Red Line. Capital MetroRail's Red Line commuter trains began running in 2010, with stations at Crestview and Highland, and new homes and shops have gone up around them.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Crestview

14.8 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

North Loop

41.0 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

23.1 per 1,000

8.2% below a year earlier · down

17.5% below Q1 2022

Compared

9 neighborhoods

67,361 residents · 18 quarters

Austin North Central neighborhood quarterly crime race

Press ▶︎ to watch Q1 2022 to Q2 2026. Tick one crime category or several; hover a bar for the neighborhood. Property crimes includes burglaries and thefts.

Crime categories

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