Lake Jackson, TX is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 26% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lake Jackson, TX shows violent crime at 260.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,740 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 26% 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
260.5/100K violent
1740/100K property
-26% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lake Jackson, TX
Comparable rate records
Lake Jackson's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lake Jackson's 260.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Roma (259.7), Rockport (258.9), Saginaw (258.5), Universal City (258.4). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 176.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 260.5 in 2024 (+47.9%). The highest observed value was 335.9 in 2021 and the lowest 176.0 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Lake Jackson sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 260.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lake Jackson ranks 229 of 686 — above 457 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +45.6% 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 83.8% of reported property offenses in Lake Jackson, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (40) and motor vehicle theft (38). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Lake Jackson'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Lake Jackson's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 19.7 Census sq mi, Lake Jackson logged 24.4 property and 3.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Lake Jackson's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 553 offenses; mix index 5,500).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (19.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+2.1%
255.2 → 260.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-1.8%
1771.7 → 1740/100K
Property offenses lead Lake Jackson's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
481
1740
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
403
1457.8
-
Burglary
40
144.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
38
137.5
-
Arson
1
3.6
-
Violent Crime
72
260.5
394.7
Aggravated Assault
50
180.9
-
Rape
14
50.6
-
Robbery
5
18.1
-
Murder
3
10.9
-
Lake Jackson Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Lake Jackson property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Lake Jackson: 261 violent, 1740 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Katy: 227 violent, 3254 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Melissa: 36 violent, 341 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Fate: 59 violent, 483 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Denison: 174 violent, 816 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Eagle Pass: 152 violent, 1889 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Balch Springs: 418 violent, 2815 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Princeton: 274 violent, 844 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Alvin: 230 violent, 1633 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Lake Jackson Police Department
Reporting agency for Lake Jackson NIBRS-participating
Lake Jackson Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Lake Jackson's 553 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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
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In 2024, Lake Jackson reported 72 violent crimes and 481 property crimes, for a total of 553 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lake Jackson?
From 2023 to 2024, Lake Jackson's violent crime rate increased by 2.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 1.8%.
What is the most common crime in Lake Jackson?
The most common crime type in Lake Jackson is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.9% of all reported crimes (403 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Lake Jackson figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Lake Jackson, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.