Jacksboro, TX carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 40% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Jacksboro, TX shows violent crime at 212.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 567 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 40% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
212.6/100K violent
567/100K property
-40% vs U.S.
The verdict
Jacksboro earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 40% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-40%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
43rd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
567
property crimes per 100K
Based on 9 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,233. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Jacksboro, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Jacksboro reported 9 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 4,233. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 137.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 212.6 in 2024 (+54.9%). The highest observed value was 270.1 in 2021 and the lowest 137.2 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Jacksboro's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Jacksboro's 212.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Greenville (212.6), Sour Lake (213.1), Emory (213.2), Sonora (212.0). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 27.3% of the 33 Part I offenses reported in Jacksboro for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 13.0 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Jacksboro sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 212.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Jacksboro ranks 294 of 686 — above 392 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +18.8% against the cohort median of 178.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Jacksboro's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 9 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,233. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+67.1%
339.3 → 567/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-14.5%
248.8 → 212.6/100K
Property offenses lead Jacksboro's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
24
567
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
19
448.9
-
Burglary
3
70.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
47.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
9
212.6
394.7
Aggravated Assault
5
118.1
-
Rape
3
70.9
-
Murder
1
23.6
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Jacksboro Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Jacksboro property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
567/100K↑67.1%vs 2023
Jacksboro violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
212.6/100K↓14.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
4,372
137.2
892
45
2021
Comparable
4,443
270.1
450.1
32
2022
Comparable
4,292
163.1
629.1
34
2023
Comparable
4,421
248.8
339.3
26
2024
Comparable
4,233
212.6
567
33
How Jacksboro sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Jacksboro Police Department NIBRS-participating
Jacksboro's crime figures on this page originate from Jacksboro Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Texas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Texas cities closest to Jacksboro in population. Their populations run from 4,186 to 4,366, against 4,233 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Jacksboro's 212.6/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Jacksboro has a violent crime rate of 212.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 567 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Jacksboro, TX safe? ▼
Jacksboro receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 74/100. The violent crime rate is 40% below the national average and 46% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Jacksboro, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Jacksboro is 4,233 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Jacksboro? ▼
In 2024, Jacksboro reported 9 violent crimes and 24 property crimes, for a total of 33 reported offenses.
How do Jacksboro's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Jacksboro recorded about one reported offense per 128 residents and one reported violent offense per 470 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Jacksboro? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Jacksboro's violent crime rate decreased by 14.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 67.1%.
What is the most common crime in Jacksboro? ▼
The most common crime type in Jacksboro is larceny-theft, accounting for 57.6% of all reported crimes (19 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Jacksboro is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Jacksboro, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.