Crime & Safety in Pflugerville
Sources reviewed for Pflugerville point toward a genuinely favorable crime picture relative to national averages, though there is real, disclosed tension between an optimistic long-run reading and at least one source flagging a recent upward trend -- worth stating plainly rather than picking the more flattering number silently.
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Learn moreFavorable Rates by One Set of Measures
NeighborhoodScout-derived analysis cites Pflugerville's violent crime rate at 166.8 per 100,000 residents (roughly a 1-in-600 annual chance of being a violent-crime victim) and its property crime rate at 1,041.6 per 100,000 (about 43% below the national average, roughly a 1-in-96 chance). A separate aggregator cites an overall crime safety grade of A- and an overall crime rate 47% below the national average. Both readings point the same direction: a city that compares favorably to national benchmarks on the headline numbers.
A Real, Disclosed Tension: A Reported Recent Upward Trend
At the same time, one source (city-data.com/CityRating aggregated coverage) reports the 2024 Pflugerville crime rate rose 3% compared with 2023, and cites an overall upward trend across 19 years of data, with both violent and property crime increasing and the 2026 rate expected to run higher than in 2019. This is a genuine disagreement in direction, not just magnitude, between sources -- the honest read is that Pflugerville's crime rate remains favorable relative to national and metro benchmarks in absolute terms, while at least one long-run trend measure shows it moving upward rather than flat or declining. Treat both readings as real rather than resolving the tension in either direction.
Neighborhood-Level Data
One source citing 2026 crime data names Blackhawk, Falcon Pointe, Highland Park, and Heatherwilde as Pflugerville's safest neighborhoods, reporting that all four of the city's neighborhoods it evaluated received an A or B safety rating. This is a narrower dataset than the citywide figures above (four named neighborhoods, not a comprehensive block-by-block survey) -- check a current block-level tool for any specific target address rather than relying on general neighborhood reputation.
What Was Not Independently Confirmed
A direct, current, side-by-side comparison of Pflugerville's crime rate against Austin, Round Rock, or other specific Austin-area cities was not independently confirmed in this research pass -- the Austin crime-safety topic page's own comparisons (Houston, San Antonio, Dallas) are not directly transferable to Pflugerville without their own source check.
Key takeaways
- Pflugerville's cited violent crime rate (166.8 per 100,000, NeighborhoodScout-derived) and property crime rate (1,041.6 per 100,000, about 43% below the national average) both point toward a favorable-versus-national picture, as does a separately cited overall A- safety grade (47% below the national average).
- A separate source (city-data.com/CityRating) reports the 2024 rate rose 3% over 2023 and cites an overall 19-year upward trend in both violent and property crime -- a real, disclosed tension with the more favorable absolute-rate readings above, not resolved in either direction here.
- One source names Blackhawk, Falcon Pointe, Highland Park, and Heatherwilde as Pflugerville's safest neighborhoods among those it evaluated -- check current block-level data for any specific target address.
- No independently verified, direct comparison against Austin or other specific Austin-area cities was confirmed this pass.
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