What is the crime rate in Palacios, TX?

In 2025, the Palacios Police Department reported 12 violent crimes and 46 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 275 violent and 1,054 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,366 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: 275
Property per 100,000: 1,054
Violent crimes: 12
Property crimes: 46

Crime reported by the Palacios 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	18	415	72	1,661	4,336
2024	15	344	52	1,191	4,366
2025	12	275	46	1,054	4,366

Violent crimes reported went from 18 in 2023 to 12 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 72 in 2023 to 46 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.

Palacios against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Palacios	275	1,054
Matagorda County	447	1,340
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 Palacios, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Palacios	—	275	1,054
Bay City	25 mi	410	1,708
Port Lavaca	25 mi	302	516
Ganado	28 mi	196	539
Edna	31 mi	397	513
El Campo	34 mi	396	1,640
Seadrift	36 mi	187	373
Sweeny	39 mi	83	667
Wharton	42 mi	216	1,719

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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