What is the crime rate in Palestine, TX?

In 2025, the Palestine Police Department reported 92 violent crimes and 316 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 464 violent and 1,592 property crimes per 100,000 of the 19,844 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: 464
Property per 100,000: 1,592
Violent crimes: 92
Property crimes: 316

Crime reported by the Palestine 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	86	448	297	1,548	19,190
2024	82	417	286	1,456	19,648
2025	92	464	316	1,592	19,844

Violent crimes reported went from 86 in 2023 to 92 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 297 in 2023 to 316 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.

Palestine against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Palestine	464	1,592
Anderson County	273	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 Palestine, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Palestine	—	464	1,592
Grapeland	21 mi	200	801
Frankston	23 mi	88	2,107
Jacksonville	26 mi	142	737
Rusk	29 mi	161	501
Fairfield	31 mi	559	756
Buffalo	32 mi	156	1,143
Crockett	32 mi	156	1,111
Athens	33 mi	327	1,040

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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