What is the crime rate in Jefferson, TX?

In 2025, the Jefferson Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 17 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 100 violent and 852 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,995 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: 100
Property per 100,000: 852
Violent crimes: 2
Property crimes: 17

Crime reported by the Jefferson 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	7	381	26	1,417	1,835
2024	5	272	50	2,716	1,841
2025	2	100	17	852	1,995

Violent crimes reported went from 7 in 2023 to 2 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 26 in 2023 to 17 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.

Jefferson against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Jefferson	100	852
Marion County	270	842
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 Jefferson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Jefferson	—	100	852
Marshall	16 mi	547	1,641
Linden	17 mi	55	110
Ore City	22 mi	0	82
Hallsville	22 mi	40	178
Hughes Springs	23 mi	0	329
Lone Star	24 mi	426	1,136
Waskom	26 mi	359	1,333
Atlanta	26 mi	330	330

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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