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79536: Merkel, TX

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30
Registrants in ZIP 79536
1 in 163
Residents per registrant
3,047
Taylor County offenses reported, 2024
20.48
Taylor County crimes per 1,000 / yr

Registered sex offenders in 79536

30 registrants are listed for ZIP 79536 — a ratio of 1 per 163 residents.

County baseline — Taylor County overall: 1 per 323 residents.

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Source: City-Data compilation of Texas state registry data — count as of 2026-11-04. Compilation pulled 2026-11-04.

Compilation page for this ZIP: https://www.city-data.com/soz/soz-79536.html.

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Reported crime in Taylor County — FBI 2024

FBI crime data is collected by law-enforcement agency, not by ZIP — so this is the record for Taylor County, the county ZIP 79536 belongs to, labeled at county grain. ZIP 79536 spans 3 counties. Taylor County is its primary county — 61% of the ZIP’s land area (Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-county file), so the county figures below are Taylor County’s.

Agencies in Taylor County reported 3,047 offenses to the FBI in 2024 — 593 violent and 2,454 property — a reported-crime rate of 20.48 per 1,000 residents (violent 398.5 and property 1,649 per 100,000).

Offense (2024, reported)Count
Murder8
Rape113
Robbery62
Aggravated assault410
Burglary458
Larceny-theft1,806
Motor vehicle theft190
Arson8

Coverage: 7 of 7 law-enforcement agencies assigned to this county reported at least one month of 2024 offense data to the FBI; 6 reported all 12 months. Counts are reported offenses only (FBI Return A / Arson master files), assigned whole to each agency's primary county; they are not adjusted for non-reporting agencies.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) — UCR master files: Return A (Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest) and Arson, data year 2024 — pulled 2026-11-04. These are offenses reported to law enforcement, not convictions, and not a verdict on any street or address.

Taylor County and Texas context

Taylor County is the records county for ZIP 79536. The county seat is Abilene. Its 2024 Census Bureau population estimate is 148,813. The files that decide a purchase — assessor, recorder, permits, flood — live at the county and state level:

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Sources for this page

  • Sex-offender registry: City-Data compilation of Texas state registry data (count as of 2026-11-04); official search: Texas Public Sex Offender Website / Sex Offender Registry, Texas Department of Public Safety.
  • Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) UCR master files — Return A and Arson, data year 2024, pulled 2026-11-04; offenses assigned to each reporting agency’s primary county.
  • ZIP-to-county: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census ZCTA5-to-County relationship file, pulled 2026-11-04; primary county = largest share of the ZCTA’s land area.
  • County context: population — U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Population Estimates Program; county seat — Wikidata (CC0), checked 2026-11-04.

Figures are shown as published by their sources on the dates noted and are refreshed as the underlying data updates. This page is research, not legal or financial advice.