What is the crime rate in Overton, TX?

In 2025, the Overton Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 25 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 346 violent and 1,081 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,312 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: 346
Property per 100,000: 1,081
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 25

Crime reported by the Overton 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	6	260	30	1,301	2,306
2024	4	172	18	773	2,329
2025	8	346	25	1,081	2,312

Violent crimes reported went from 6 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 25 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.

Overton against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Overton	346	1,081
Rusk County	253	1,096
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 Overton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Overton	—	346	1,081
Arp	5.8 mi	198	593
Kilgore	11 mi	264	1,709
Troup	13 mi	322	597
Henderson	13 mi	295	2,186
Whitehouse	15 mi	59	452
Gladewater	19 mi	315	1,056
White Oak	19 mi	112	833
Tyler	20 mi	366	1,801

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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