Rusk, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Rusk, TX Summary

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

  • There were 90 total crimes committed in Rusk the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,612.0 total crimes per 100K people in Rusk.
  • The overall crime rate in Rusk is -30.64% below the national average.
  • Rusk ranks #367 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Rusk ranks #5,631 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Rusk Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Rusk is 1,612.0 per 100,000 people. That's -30.64% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -40.11% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Rusk
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 90 1,612.0 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 17.9 6.6 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 19 340.3 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 23 412.0 446.5 369.8
Burglary 6 107.5 370.7 269.8
Larceny 54 967.2 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 7 125.4 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 67 1,200.1 2,245.0 1,954.4

Rusk Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Rusk

23
Violent Crimes
412.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
11.40%
Above The National Average
  • There were 23 violent crimes in Rusk in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Rusk is 412.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 242.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Rusk each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 11.40% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -7.73% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Rusk

67
Property Crimes
1,200.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-38.60%
Below The National Average
  • There were 67 property crimes in Rusk in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Rusk is 1,200.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Rusk each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -38.60% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -46.55% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Rusk

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Tyler, TX 108,422 3,098 2,857.4 2,327.0 530.3
Lufkin, TX 34,063 1,419 4,165.8 3,693.2 472.7
Nacogdoches, TX 32,055 720 2,246.1 2,018.4 227.7
Palestine, TX 19,113 626 3,275.3 2,579.4 695.9
Jacksonville, TX 14,196 438 3,085.4 2,535.9 549.5
Kilgore, TX 13,419 339 2,526.3 2,123.9 402.4
Henderson, TX 12,989 445 3,426.0 2,756.2 669.8
Athens, TX 12,986 269 2,071.5 1,732.6 338.8
Bullard, TX 4,062 30 738.6 640.1 98.5
Troup, TX 2,063 42 2,035.9 1,793.5 242.4

Rusk SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
9.5
Safety
6
Amenities
7
Education
4
Commute
8
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