The Midland Police Department announced on April 7 that both total crimes and serious crimes have decreased during the first six months of Fiscal Year 2025-26.
This trend is significant as it suggests improvements in public safety for residents, with fewer reported incidents in several major crime categories compared to previous years.
According to the department, serious crimes—classified as “Part 1 crimes” under the National Incident-Based Reporting System—fell by 8.82% through March. Notable declines were seen in forcible rape, robbery, larceny theft, and motor vehicle theft. Total reported crimes also dropped by 4.5% when compared to the same period last fiscal year. Over a longer term, most serious crimes have declined by over 11% since 2021, while total crime has decreased more than 7% since Fiscal Year 2022.
Despite these decreases, police data show increases in criminal homicide (from zero to two cases), burglary (up from sixty-four to sixty-nine cases), and Part 1 assault (rising from sixty-four to eighty-nine cases). The full breakdown provided by the Midland Police Department shows that there were sixteen forcible rapes (down from eighteen), six robberies (down from thirteen), three hundred thirty larceny-theft incidents excluding motor vehicles (down from three hundred ninety-eight), and sixty-seven motor vehicle thefts (down from seventy-eight) so far this fiscal year. In total, there were five hundred seventy-nine Part 1 Crimes reported versus six hundred thirty-five last year; overall crime reports numbered two thousand four hundred twenty compared with two thousand five hundred thirty-six previously.
The City of Midland highlights values such as excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusivity aimed at fostering community unity and prosperity according to its official website. The city manages more than one thousand three hundred sixty-four acres of parkland—including neighborhood parks and sports complexes—to support recreational opportunities according to city information. As a home rule city operating under its charter adopted on November fifth nineteen forty according to official records, Midland aims to deliver high-quality municipal services while enhancing community well-being through innovation and partnerships according to its strategic plan.
Located in Texas’s Permian Basin region—a hub for global energy production—the City of Midland continues developing municipal operations and community initiatives designed for growth according to city facts.