Look, I get it. Where there are more than two people in one area, there is bound to be crime taking place. You may be thinking that because we live in Lubbock where it’s nothing but sunshine and rainbows, surely our crime rates aren’t that bad.
Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Lubbock was slapped with a D- in violent crime for all of 2025. Let’s figure out why.
Lubbock is Safer than How Many U.S. Cities??
According to crimegrade.org, Lubbock is safer than a whopping 12% of cities in America…meaning that it’s LESS safe than 88% of U.S. cities.
Whether you believe this to be true or not, let’s look at the numbers that back this claim. First, the violent crime rate for Lubbock is alleged to be 6.255 per 1,000 residents each year…