Lake Jackson, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lake Jackson, TX Summary

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

  • There were 553 total crimes committed in Lake Jackson in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,000.4 total crimes per 100K people in Lake Jackson.
  • The overall crime rate in Lake Jackson is -5.61% below the national average.
  • Lake Jackson ranks #531 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Lake Jackson ranks #7,229 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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Lake Jackson Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lake Jackson is 2,000.4 per 100,000 people. That's -5.61% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -17.67% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lake Jackson
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 553 2,000.4 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 3 10.9 5.2 5.0
Robbery 5 18.1 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 50 180.9 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 72 260.5 389.4 359.0
Burglary 40 144.7 284.3 229.0
Larceny 403 1,457.8 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 38 137.5 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 481 1,740.0 2,040.5 1,760.0

Lake Jackson 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 Lake Jackson

72
Violent Crimes
260.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-27.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 72 violent crimes in Lake Jackson in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lake Jackson is 260.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 383.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake Jackson each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -27.45% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -33.11% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lake Jackson

481
Property Crimes
1,740.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-1.14%
Below The National Average
  • There were 481 property crimes in Lake Jackson in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lake Jackson is 1,740.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 57.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lake Jackson each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -1.14% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -14.73% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lake Jackson

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Sugar Land, TX 107,757 1,575 1,461.6 1,383.7 78.0
Friendswood, TX 40,763 263 645.2 544.6 100.6
Deer Park, TX 32,792 457 1,393.6 1,259.5 134.2
Angleton, TX 20,474 247 1,206.4 952.4 254.0
Bellaire, TX 16,959 443 2,612.2 2,376.3 235.9
West University Place, TX 14,720 154 1,046.2 991.8 54.3
Clute, TX 10,733 228 2,124.3 1,770.2 354.0
Freeport, TX 10,506 200 1,903.7 1,427.8 475.9

Lake Jackson SnackAbility

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