What is the crime rate in Rusk, TX?

In 2025, the Rusk Police Department reported 9 violent crimes and 28 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 161 violent and 501 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,592 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: 161
Property per 100,000: 501
Violent crimes: 9
Property crimes: 28

Crime reported by the Rusk 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	14	254	85	1,544	5,504
2024	6	111	52	965	5,387
2025	9	161	28	501	5,592

Violent crimes reported went from 14 in 2023 to 9 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 85 in 2023 to 28 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.

Rusk against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Rusk	161	501
Cherokee County	173	628
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 Rusk, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Rusk	—	161	501
Alto	11 mi	466	1,025
Jacksonville	13 mi	142	737
Troup	24 mi	322	597
Bullard	26 mi	18	405
Frankston	28 mi	88	2,107
Grapeland	29 mi	200	801
Palestine	29 mi	464	1,592
Whitehouse	30 mi	59	452

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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