Jasper, TX carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 7% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Jasper, TX shows violent crime at 325.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,176.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 7% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
325.9/100K violent
2176.7/100K property
-7% vs U.S.
The verdict
Jasper earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 7% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-7%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
27th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,176.7
property crimes per 100K
Based on 25 reported violent incidents in a population of 7,672. 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 Jasper, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Jasper reported 25 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 7,672. 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.
Comparable rate records
Jasper's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Jasper's 325.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Kenedy (325.9), DeSoto (325.7), Zavalla (325.7), Bowie (325.3). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Jasper sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 325.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Jasper ranks 180 of 686 — above 506 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +82.1% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 411.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 325.9 in 2024 (-20.7%). The highest observed value was 480.1 in 2022 and the lowest 325.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Jasper'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 25 reported violent incidents in a population of 7,672. 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
-34.5%
3324.2 → 2176.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-16.4%
389.6 → 325.9/100K
Property offenses lead Jasper's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
167
2176.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
116
1512
-
Burglary
35
456.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
16
208.6
-
Arson
1
13
-
Violent Crime
25
325.9
352
Aggravated Assault
18
234.6
-
Robbery
4
52.1
-
Rape
3
39.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Jasper Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Jasper property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,176.7/100K↓34.5%vs 2023
Jasper violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
325.9/100K↓16.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
7,543
411
3407.1
288
2021
Comparable
7,600
368.4
3526.3
296
2022
Comparable
7,706
480.1
3737.3
325
2023
Comparable
7,701
389.6
3324.2
286
2024
Comparable
7,672
325.9
2176.7
192
How Jasper sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Jasper Police Department NIBRS-participating
Jasper's crime figures on this page originate from Jasper 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 Jasper in population. Their populations run from 7,392 to 7,906, against 7,672 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Jasper's 325.9/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Jasper has a violent crime rate of 325.9 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2176.7 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Jasper, TX safe? ▼
Jasper receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 49/100. The violent crime rate is 7% below the national average and 17% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Jasper, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Jasper is 7,672 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Jasper? ▼
In 2024, Jasper reported 25 violent crimes and 167 property crimes, for a total of 192 reported offenses.
How do Jasper's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Jasper recorded about one reported offense per 40 residents and one reported violent offense per 307 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Jasper? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Jasper's violent crime rate decreased by 16.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 34.5%.
What is the most common crime in Jasper? ▼
The most common crime type in Jasper is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.4% of all reported crimes (116 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Jasper 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 Jasper, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.