Gladewater, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gladewater, TX Summary

Crime in Gladewater research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Gladewater 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 Gladewater:

  • There were 110 total crimes committed in Gladewater in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,742.4 total crimes per 100K people in Gladewater.
  • The overall crime rate in Gladewater is -17.78% below the national average.
  • Gladewater ranks #478 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Gladewater ranks #6,678 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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Gladewater Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gladewater is 1,742.4 per 100,000 people. That's -17.78% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -28.29% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gladewater
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 110 1,742.4 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 1 15.8 5.2 5.0
Robbery 1 15.8 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 13 205.9 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 25 396.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 11 174.2 284.3 229.0
Larceny 61 966.3 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 13 205.9 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 85 1,346.4 2,040.5 1,760.0

Gladewater 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 Gladewater

25
Violent Crimes
396.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
10.31%
Above The National Average
  • There were 25 violent crimes in Gladewater in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gladewater is 396.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 252.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gladewater each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 10.31% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 1.70% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gladewater

85
Property Crimes
1,346.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-23.50%
Below The National Average
  • There were 85 property crimes in Gladewater in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gladewater is 1,346.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gladewater each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -23.50% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.01% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gladewater

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Tyler, TX 111,714 2,575 2,305.0 1,913.8 391.2
Longview, TX 83,771 2,253 2,689.5 2,350.5 339.0
Marshall, TX 24,382 468 1,919.4 1,574.9 344.5
Mount Pleasant, TX 16,038 330 2,057.6 1,833.1 224.5
Jacksonville, TX 14,552 334 2,295.2 1,889.8 405.4
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
Liberty, TX 8,937 214 2,394.5 2,103.6 290.9
White Oak, TX 6,222 55 884.0 803.6 80.4

Gladewater SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
5
Amenities
6
Education
4
Commute
8
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