What is the crime rate in Carthage, TX?

In 2025, the Carthage Police Department reported 26 violent crimes and 88 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 389 violent and 1,318 property crimes per 100,000 of the 6,677 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: 389
Property per 100,000: 1,318
Violent crimes: 26
Property crimes: 88

Crime reported by the Carthage 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	34	518	184	2,803	6,565
2024	40	605	124	1,874	6,616
2025	26	389	88	1,318	6,677

Violent crimes reported went from 34 in 2023 to 26 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 184 in 2023 to 88 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.

Carthage against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Carthage	389	1,318
Panola County	206	857
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 Carthage, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Carthage	—	389	1,318
Tenaha	15 mi	0	0
Tatum	16 mi	71	637
Center	26 mi	652	1,670
Marshall	27 mi	547	1,641
Henderson	27 mi	295	2,186
Waskom	28 mi	359	1,333
Hallsville	28 mi	40	178
Greenwood	29 mi	423	2,439

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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