This guys sources always hilarious. According to this graph I made that represents # of machete attacks over the last three years, compared by city instead of time, things are getting really bad.
AUSTIN’S machete problem is now routine.
For four straight years, people across the city have been hacked, slashed, and nearly killed with machetes — in parks, at bus stops, taco trucks, even luxury hotels.
If someone’s pacing, muttering, or yelling at the air — don’t turn your back. Too many machete victims did.
• Apr 18 2022 — Man walking his dog near Elmont Dr. & Pleasant Valley Rd. attacked with a machete; serious arm wound.
• Apr 21 2022 — Body found in South Austin woods (off E. Stassney Ln.); victim had multiple head/chop wounds from a machete.
• Aug 21 2023 — Security guard at the Austin Proper Hotel (W. 2nd St) slashed with a machete; life-threatening arm injury.
• Jan 9 2024 — 19-yr-old Seth Gott attacked on the trail near Auditorium Shores; severe head/hand wounds.
• Mar 29 2024 — Two people attacked with a machete near ~1800 W. Ben White Blvd (South Austin); both hospitalized.
• Apr 5 2025 — At a taco-truck on E. Oltorf in South Austin: man swung a machete at an employee.
• Jun 28 2025 — At a Northeast Austin bus stop (Norwood Park Blvd): man suffered a 4-inch laceration to his left hand after being struck with a machete.
• Oct 20 2025 — Fight near Cesar Chavez & Lavaca (Downtown Austin) involving a machete; two hospitalized.