What is the crime rate in Refugio, TX?

In 2025, the Refugio Police Department reported 11 violent crimes and 7 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 392 violent and 249 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,807 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: 392
Property per 100,000: 249
Violent crimes: 11
Property crimes: 7

Crime reported by the Refugio 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	8	288	39	1,406	2,774
2024	6	217	23	830	2,771
2025	11	392	7	249	2,807

Violent crimes reported went from 8 in 2023 to 11 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 39 in 2023 to 7 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.

Refugio against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Refugio	392	249
Refugio County	258	405
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 Refugio, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Refugio	—	392	249
Fulton	22 mi	184	245
Rockport	23 mi	221	1,777
Sinton	23 mi	194	1,303
Taft	24 mi	203	912
Gregory	27 mi	234	467
Portland	29 mi	115	932
Beeville	30 mi	413	1,654
Ingleside	30 mi	359	2,885

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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