Nederland, TX is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 35% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Nederland, TX shows violent crime at 229.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,212.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 35% 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
229.2/100K violent
1212.9/100K property
-35% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Nederland, TX
Comparable rate records
Nederland's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Nederland's 229.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Port Neches (228.6), Alvin (229.9), Richland Hills (230.7), Granbury (227.3). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 338.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 229.2 in 2024 (-32.4%). The highest observed value was 406.9 in 2021 and the lowest 188.5 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Nederland sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 229.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Nederland ranks 270 of 686 — above 416 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +28.1% 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.
Property counts dominate Nederland'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.
Nederland's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.7 Census sq mi, Nederland logged 38.3 property and 7.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Nederland's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (62% of 258 offenses; mix index 4,218).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.7 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
-21.2%
290.8 → 229.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.9%
1202.4 → 1212.9/100K
Property offenses lead Nederland's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
217
1212.9
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
159
888.7
-
Burglary
36
201.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
22
123
-
Arson
1
5.6
-
Violent Crime
41
229.2
394.7
Aggravated Assault
31
173.3
-
Rape
6
33.5
-
Robbery
4
22.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Nederland Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Nederland 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
Nederland: 229 violent, 1213 property per 100,000 (grade B)
White Settlement: 257 violent, 1954 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Taylor: 238 violent, 2063 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Alice: 555 violent, 3202 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Gainesville: 164 violent, 1624 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Bay City: 580 violent, 2844 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Addison: 363 violent, 5499 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Stafford: 319 violent, 3202 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Brownwood: 362 violent, 2247 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Nederland Police Department
Reporting agency for Nederland NIBRS-participating
Nederland Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Nederland's 258 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, Nederland reported 41 violent crimes and 217 property crimes, for a total of 258 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Nederland?
From 2023 to 2024, Nederland's violent crime rate decreased by 21.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.9%.
What is the most common crime in Nederland?
The most common crime type in Nederland is larceny-theft, accounting for 61.6% of all reported crimes (159 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Nederland 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 Nederland, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.