What is the crime rate in Port Lavaca, TX?

In 2025, the Port Lavaca Police Department reported 34 violent crimes and 58 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 302 violent and 516 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,244 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: 302
Property per 100,000: 516
Violent crimes: 34
Property crimes: 58

Crime reported by the Port Lavaca 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	34	305	121	1,086	11,137
2024	28	252	134	1,206	11,112
2025	34	302	58	516	11,244

Violent crimes reported went from 34 in 2023 to 34 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 121 in 2023 to 58 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.

Port Lavaca against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Port Lavaca	302	516
Calhoun County	247	565
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 Port Lavaca, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Port Lavaca	—	302	516
Seadrift	15 mi	187	373
Edna	25 mi	397	513
Palacios	25 mi	275	1,054
Victoria	26 mi	361	1,857
Ganado	30 mi	196	539
Refugio	45 mi	392	249
Fulton	45 mi	184	245
El Campo	46 mi	396	1,640

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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