Palestine, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Palestine, TX Summary

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

  • There were 366 total crimes committed in Palestine in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,862.8 total crimes per 100K people in Palestine.
  • The overall crime rate in Palestine is -12.10% below the national average.
  • Palestine ranks #501 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Palestine ranks #6,931 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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Palestine Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Palestine is 1,862.8 per 100,000 people. That's -12.10% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -23.34% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Palestine
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 366 1,862.8 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 5 25.4 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 52 264.7 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 82 417.3 389.4 359.0
Burglary 25 127.2 284.3 229.0
Larceny 222 1,129.9 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 37 188.3 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 284 1,445.4 2,040.5 1,760.0

Palestine 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 Palestine

82
Violent Crimes
417.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
16.25%
Above The National Average
  • There were 82 violent crimes in Palestine in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Palestine is 417.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 239.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Palestine each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 16.25% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 7.18% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Palestine

284
Property Crimes
1,445.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-17.87%
Below The National Average
  • There were 284 property crimes in Palestine in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Palestine is 1,445.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 69.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Palestine each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -17.87% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -29.16% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Palestine

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
Jacksonville, TX 14,552 334 2,295.2 1,889.8 405.4
Athens, TX 13,718 251 1,829.7 1,406.9 422.8

Palestine SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
9
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