Quitman, TX carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 44% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Quitman, TX shows violent crime at 196.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 540 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 44% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
196.4/100K violent
540/100K property
-44% vs U.S.
The verdict
Quitman earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 44% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-44%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
46th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
540
property crimes per 100K
Based on 4 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,037. 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 Quitman, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Quitman reported 4 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,037. 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
Quitman's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Quitman's 196.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Reno, Lamar County (196.0), Sweeny (196.9), Llano (195.7), Mount Enterprise (195.3). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 26.7% of the 15 Part I offenses reported in Quitman for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 12.4 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 63.6% of reported property offenses in Quitman, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (3) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Quitman sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 196.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Quitman ranks 311 of 686 — above 375 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +9.7% 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 Quitman'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 4 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,037. 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
+292%
50.1 → 196.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
+34.9%
400.4 → 540/100K
Property offenses lead Quitman's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
11
540
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
7
343.6
-
Burglary
3
147.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
49.1
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
4
196.4
394.7
Aggravated Assault
3
147.3
-
Robbery
1
49.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Quitman Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Quitman property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
540/100K↑34.9%vs 2023
Quitman violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
196.4/100K↑292%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,854
0
2319.3
43
2021
Comparable
1,866
321.5
857.4
22
2022
Comparable
2,021
49.5
99
3
2023
Comparable
1,998
50.1
400.4
9
2024
Comparable
2,037
196.4
540
15
How Quitman sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Quitman Police Department NIBRS-participating
Quitman's crime figures on this page originate from Quitman 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 Quitman in population. Their populations run from 2,017 to 2,076, against 2,037 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Quitman's 196.4/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Quitman has a violent crime rate of 196.4 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 540 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Quitman, TX safe? ▼
Quitman receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 76/100. The violent crime rate is 44% below the national average and 50% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Quitman, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Quitman is 2,037 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Quitman? ▼
In 2024, Quitman reported 4 violent crimes and 11 property crimes, for a total of 15 reported offenses.
How do Quitman's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Quitman recorded about one reported offense per 136 residents and one reported violent offense per 509 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Quitman? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Quitman's violent crime rate increased by 292%, and the property crime rate increased by 34.9%.
What is the most common crime in Quitman? ▼
The most common crime type in Quitman is larceny-theft, accounting for 46.7% of all reported crimes (7 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Quitman'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 Quitman, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.