What is the crime rate in Kilgore, TX?

In 2025, the Kilgore Police Department reported 36 violent crimes and 233 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 264 violent and 1,709 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,637 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: 264
Property per 100,000: 1,709
Violent crimes: 36
Property crimes: 233

Crime reported by the Kilgore 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	32	237	347	2,565	13,527
2024	47	346	300	2,210	13,572
2025	36	264	233	1,709	13,637

Violent crimes reported went from 32 in 2023 to 36 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 347 in 2023 to 233 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.

Kilgore against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kilgore	264	1,709
Gregg County	289	1,744
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 Kilgore, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kilgore	—	264	1,709
White Oak	9.2 mi	112	833
Longview	10 mi	346	2,131
Overton	11 mi	346	1,081
Gladewater	11 mi	315	1,056
Arp	16 mi	198	593
Henderson	17 mi	295	2,186
Hallsville	18 mi	40	178
Big Sandy	20 mi	74	1,184

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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