Pantego, TX carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 19% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Pantego, TX shows violent crime at 285 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,565.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 19% 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
285/100K violent
2565.1/100K property
-19% vs U.S.
The verdict
Pantego earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 19% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-19%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
32nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,565.1
property crimes per 100K
Based on 7 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,456. 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 Pantego, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Pantego reported 7 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,456. 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
Pantego's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Pantego's 285.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Queen City (285.9), Whitney (282.9), Italy (282.8), Alto (282.2). 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
Pantego sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 285.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Pantego ranks 203 of 686 — above 483 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +59.3% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 10.0% of the 70 Part I offenses reported in Pantego for 2024, against a median of 14.4% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 4.4 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 276.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 285.0 in 2024 (+3.1%). The highest observed value was 525.9 in 2023 and the lowest 240.3 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Pantego'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 7 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,456. 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.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-45.8%
525.9 → 285/100K
Property Crime Rate
+11.2%
2305.8 → 2565.1/100K
Property offenses lead Pantego's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
63
2565.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
47
1913.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
10
407.2
-
Burglary
6
244.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
7
285
352
Aggravated Assault
4
162.9
-
Robbery
2
81.4
-
Rape
1
40.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Pantego Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Pantego property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,565.1/100K↑11.2%vs 2023
Pantego violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
285/100K↓45.8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
2,533
276.4
3671.5
100
2021
Comparable
2,505
439.1
4111.8
114
2022
Comparable
2,497
240.3
1882.3
53
2023
Comparable
2,472
525.9
2305.8
70
2024
Comparable
2,456
285
2565.1
70
How Pantego sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Pantego Police Department NIBRS-participating
Pantego's crime figures on this page originate from Pantego 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 Pantego in population. Their populations run from 2,403 to 2,512, against 2,456 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Pantego's 285/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Pantego has a violent crime rate of 285 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2565.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Pantego, TX safe? ▼
Pantego receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 49/100. The violent crime rate is 19% below the national average and 28% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Pantego, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Pantego is 2,456 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Pantego? ▼
In 2024, Pantego reported 7 violent crimes and 63 property crimes, for a total of 70 reported offenses.
How do Pantego's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Pantego recorded about one reported offense per 35 residents and one reported violent offense per 351 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Pantego? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Pantego's violent crime rate decreased by 45.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 11.2%.
What is the most common crime in Pantego? ▼
The most common crime type in Pantego is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.1% of all reported crimes (47 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Pantego's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Pantego, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.