San Augustine, TX is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 8% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, San Augustine, TX shows violent crime at 324.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 648.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 8% 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
324.1/100K violent
648.3/100K property
-8% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for San Augustine, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
San Augustine reported 6 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,851. 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 33.3% of the 18 Part I offenses reported in San Augustine for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 19.0 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.
Comparable rate records
San Augustine's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to San Augustine's 324.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bowie (325.3), Marble Falls (322.7), DeSoto (325.7), Zavalla (325.7). 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 33.3% of reported property offenses in San Augustine, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (5) and motor vehicle theft (3). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
San Augustine sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 324.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, San Augustine ranks 184 of 686 — above 502 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +81.1% 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 San Augustine'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 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,851. 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.
San Augustine's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.7 Census sq mi, San Augustine logged 2.5 property and 1.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
San Augustine leans on aggravated assault at 33% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,685.
Violent offenses are 33% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+21.1%
267.7 → 324.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
+21.1%
535.3 → 648.3/100K
Property offenses lead San Augustine's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
12
648.3
2058.2
Burglary
5
270.1
-
Larceny-Theft
4
216.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
162.1
-
Arson
1
54
-
Violent Crime
6
324.1
394.7
Aggravated Assault
6
324.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
San Augustine Crime Trend (2020-2024)
San Augustine property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
648.3/100K↑21.1%vs 2023
San Augustine violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
324.1/100K↑21.1%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,865
0
107.2
2
2021
Comparable
1,842
108.6
5646
106
2022
Comparable
1,844
650.8
2169.2
52
2023
Comparable
1,868
267.7
535.3
15
2024
Comparable
1,851
324.1
648.3
18
San Augustine Police Department
Reporting agency for San Augustine NIBRS-participating
San Augustine Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind San Augustine's 18 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Texas cities closest to San Augustine in population. Their populations run from 1,822 to 1,885, against 1,851 here. Or use our
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In 2024, San Augustine reported 6 violent crimes and 12 property crimes, for a total of 18 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in San Augustine?
From 2023 to 2024, San Augustine's violent crime rate increased by 21.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 21.1%.
What is the most common crime in San Augustine?
The most common crime type in San Augustine is aggravated assault, accounting for 33.3% of all reported crimes (6 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: San Augustine'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 San Augustine, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.