Carthage, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Carthage, TX Summary

Crime in Carthage research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Carthage over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Carthage:

  • There were 160 total crimes committed in Carthage in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,418.4 total crimes per 100K people in Carthage.
  • The overall crime rate in Carthage is 14.12% above the national average.
  • Carthage ranks #589 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Carthage ranks #7,934 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Carthage Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Carthage is 2,418.4 per 100,000 people. That's 14.12% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -0.47% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Carthage
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 160 2,418.4 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 1 15.1 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 35 529.0 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 40 604.6 389.4 359.0
Burglary 7 105.8 284.3 229.0
Larceny 109 1,647.5 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 4 60.5 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 120 1,813.8 2,040.5 1,760.0

Carthage Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Carthage

40
Violent Crimes
604.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
68.41%
Above The National Average
  • There were 40 violent crimes in Carthage in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Carthage is 604.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 165.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Carthage each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 68.41% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 55.27% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Carthage

120
Property Crimes
1,813.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
3.06%
Above The National Average
  • There were 120 property crimes in Carthage in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Carthage is 1,813.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 55.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Carthage each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 3.06% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -11.11% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Carthage

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Shreveport, LA 175,092 9,138 5,219.0 3,990.5 1,228.5
Longview, TX 83,771 2,253 2,689.5 2,350.5 339.0
Nacogdoches, TX 32,177 544 1,690.6 1,454.5 236.2
Marshall, TX 24,382 468 1,919.4 1,574.9 344.5
Kilgore, TX 13,572 344 2,534.6 2,195.7 338.9
Henderson, TX 13,531 428 3,163.1 2,667.9 495.2
Mansfield, LA 4,511 46 1,019.7 399.0 620.7

Carthage SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
5
Amenities
6
Education
6
Commute
8.5
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