Texas · Neighborhood crime trends

Austin South Central

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Austin South 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 south central Austin averaged 28.6, hence it is generally less safe when all crimes are considered.

How do the 9 neighborhoods of south central Austin compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 2,130 crimes across them, 28.6 for every 1,000 residents. That is 4.4% below a year earlier and 4.2% below Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Del Valle East has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (6.3 per 1,000), followed by Pleasant Valley (21.0) and Southeast (21.7). Parker Lane has the highest (42.5).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 9 AUSTIN SOUTH 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 South Central in Austin. Austin is the capital of Texas, a city of almost a million people on the Colorado River, built around state government, the University of Texas and the technology industry. Austin South Central lies south of Lady Bird Lake, in an area shaped by Riverside Drive and the I-35 corridor, and it includes older residential districts such as South River City.

Notable neighborhoods in Austin South Central include:

Bergstrom. Bergstrom Air Force Base closed in 1993 and the site became Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in 1999. The airport has almost no residents, so it is left out of this race.

South of the river. South of Lady Bird Lake, Riverside Drive and the I-35 corridor shape Riverside, Montopolis and Parker Lane, on the south-east side of the river.

South River City. Just south of the lake, South River City is one of Austin's older residential districts, with houses from the 19th century standing beside mid-century homes.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Del Valle East

6.3 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Parker Lane

42.5 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

28.6 per 1,000

4.4% below a year earlier · down

4.2% below Q1 2022

Compared

9 neighborhoods

74,429 residents · 18 quarters

Austin South 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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