What is the crime rate in Vernon, TX?

In 2025, the Vernon Police Department reported 40 violent crimes and 138 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 415 violent and 1,430 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,650 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: 415
Property per 100,000: 1,430
Violent crimes: 40
Property crimes: 138

Crime reported by the Vernon 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	28	292	136	1,417	9,598
2024	45	464	192	1,979	9,704
2025	40	415	138	1,430	9,650

Violent crimes reported went from 28 in 2023 to 40 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 136 in 2023 to 138 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.

Vernon against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Vernon	415	1,430
Wilbarger County	366	1,219
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 Vernon, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Vernon	—	415	1,430
Frederick	23 mi	421	2,434
Electra	23 mi	402	1,475
Altus	35 mi	243	1,411
Iowa Park	38 mi	91	319
Seymour	38 mi	0	190
Snyder	40 mi	82	328

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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