Yoakum, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Yoakum, TX Summary

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

  • There were 58 total crimes committed in Yoakum in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 991.8 total crimes per 100K people in Yoakum.
  • The overall crime rate in Yoakum is -53.20% below the national average.
  • Yoakum ranks #279 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Yoakum ranks #4,383 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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Yoakum Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Yoakum is 991.8 per 100,000 people. That's -53.20% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -59.18% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Yoakum
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 58 991.8 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 1 17.1 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 14 239.4 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 16 273.6 389.4 359.0
Burglary 15 256.5 284.3 229.0
Larceny 22 376.2 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 85.5 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 42 718.2 2,040.5 1,760.0

Yoakum 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 Yoakum

16
Violent Crimes
273.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-23.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Yoakum in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Yoakum is 273.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 365.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Yoakum each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -23.79% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -29.74% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Yoakum

42
Property Crimes
718.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-59.19%
Below The National Average
  • There were 42 property crimes in Yoakum in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Yoakum is 718.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 139.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Yoakum each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -59.19% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -64.80% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Yoakum

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Victoria, TX 65,893 1,504 2,282.5 1,919.8 362.7
Cuero, TX 8,223 195 2,371.4 1,544.4 826.9
Gonzales, TX 7,239 245 3,384.4 1,989.2 1,395.2

Yoakum SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
3
Commute
8.5
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