Navasota, TX carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 123% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Navasota, TX shows violent crime at 785.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,771.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 123% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
785.1/100K violent
1771.9/100K property
+123% vs U.S.
The verdict
Navasota earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 123% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+123%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
6th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,771.9
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Navasota, TX
Position in the state cohort
Navasota reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Texas cities
At 785.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Navasota ranks 22 of 686 — above 664 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +338.8% 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.
Comparable rate records
Navasota's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Navasota's 785.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Los Fresnos (793.9), Crosbyton (776.3), Corrigan (773.0), Big Spring (762.4). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 30.7% of the 241 Part I offenses reported in Navasota for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 16.4 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 678.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 785.1 in 2024 (+15.7%). The highest observed value was 853.8 in 2023 and the lowest 563.8 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Navasota'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.
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
-15.9%
2106.1 → 1771.9/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-8%
853.8 → 785.1/100K
Property offenses lead Navasota's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
167
1771.9
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
119
1262.6
-
Burglary
29
307.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
19
201.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
74
785.1
394.7
Aggravated Assault
56
594.2
-
Rape
11
116.7
-
Robbery
7
74.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Navasota Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Navasota property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,771.9/100K↓15.9%vs 2023
Navasota violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
785.1/100K↓8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
8,104
678.7
2529.6
260
2021
Comparable
8,514
563.8
2208.1
236
2022
Comparable
8,459
709.3
2411.6
264
2023
Comparable
8,784
853.8
2106.1
260
2024
Comparable
9,425
785.1
1771.9
241
How Navasota sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Navasota Police Department NIBRS-participating
Navasota's crime figures on this page originate from Navasota 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 Navasota in population. Their populations run from 9,154 to 9,718, against 9,425 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Navasota's 785.1/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Navasota has a violent crime rate of 785.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1771.9 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Navasota, TX safe? ▼
Navasota receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 14/100. The violent crime rate is 123% above the national average and 99% above the Texas average.
What is the population of Navasota, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Navasota is 9,425 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Navasota? ▼
In 2024, Navasota reported 74 violent crimes and 167 property crimes, for a total of 241 reported offenses.
How do Navasota's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Navasota recorded about one reported offense per 39 residents and one reported violent offense per 127 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Navasota? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Navasota's violent crime rate decreased by 8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15.9%.
What is the most common crime in Navasota? ▼
The most common crime type in Navasota is larceny-theft, accounting for 49.4% of all reported crimes (119 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Navasota 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 Navasota, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.