Palacios, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Palacios, TX Summary

Crime in Palacios research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Palacios over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Palacios:

  • There were 63 total crimes committed in Palacios the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,423.7 total crimes per 100K people in Palacios.
  • The overall crime rate in Palacios is -38.74% below the national average.
  • Palacios ranks #318 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Palacios ranks #5,096 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Palacios Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Palacios is 1,423.7 per 100,000 people. That's -38.74% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -47.10% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Palacios
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 63 1,423.7 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 1 22.6 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 18 406.8 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 20 452.0 446.5 369.8
Burglary 12 271.2 370.7 269.8
Larceny 30 678.0 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 1 22.6 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 43 971.8 2,245.0 1,954.4

Palacios Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Palacios

20
Violent Crimes
452.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
22.22%
Above The National Average
  • There were 20 violent crimes in Palacios in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Palacios is 452.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 221.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Palacios each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 22.22% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 1.24% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Palacios

43
Property Crimes
971.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-50.28%
Below The National Average
  • There were 43 property crimes in Palacios in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Palacios is 971.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 102.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Palacios each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -50.28% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -56.72% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Palacios

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Victoria, TX 65,165 1,699 2,607.2 2,228.2 379.0
El Campo, TX 12,235 551 4,503.5 3,898.7 604.8
Port Lavaca, TX 11,048 229 2,072.8 1,873.6 199.1

Palacios SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
1
Affordability
1
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
7
Education
4
Commute
9.5
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