What is the crime rate in Athens, TX?

In 2025, the Athens Police Department reported 45 violent crimes and 143 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 327 violent and 1,040 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,755 residents it serves.

Across Texas the rates were 348 and 1,809.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 327
Property per 100,000: 1,040
Violent crimes: 45
Property crimes: 143

Crime reported by the Athens Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	54	413	284	2,173	13,068
2024	58	423	194	1,414	13,718
2025	45	327	143	1,040	13,755

Violent crimes reported went from 54 in 2023 to 45 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 284 in 2023 to 143 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Athens against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Athens	327	1,040
Henderson County	213	841
Texas	348	1,809
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Athens, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Athens	—	327	1,040
Malakoff	11 mi	0	0
Eustace	13 mi	86	0
Brownsboro	14 mi	0	225
Gun Barrel City	20 mi	125	1,844
Mabank	20 mi	237	912
Tool	21 mi	123	41
Frankston	22 mi	88	2,107
Chandler	22 mi	25	429

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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