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View of the Main Entrance at Camp Swift Texas, August 6, 1944Photo: Public domain · Public domain
Safety in Camp Swift · Not graded

Who polices Camp Swift, and what they report

Camp Swift has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Bastrop County. The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Camp Swift alone, and no Safety Grade.

Violent crimes
305
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Property crimes
719
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Nearest graded town
5 mi
Bastrop (D)
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Camp Swift

Policed by the county

Camp Swift is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓

Counts, not rates

The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Camp Swift. County police ↓

The nearest graded towns

The closest Texas towns with their own police figures are Bastrop (D, 5 mi), Elgin (C+, 13 mi), Smithville (B−, 15 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Camp Swift. Nearest ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.

Who reports for Camp Swift

What the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office reports

Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.

Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office

Reports to the FBI for the parts of Bastrop County without police of their own, which include Camp Swift.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

2025 offenses reported by the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office

Larceny / theft450
Burglary114
Vehicle theft155
Aggravated assault251
Robbery17
Rape34
Homicide3
Arson7

Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Texas towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
BastropD5 mi4.531.8
ElginC+13 mi2.113.2
SmithvilleB−15 mi2.09.6
ManorB−20 mi1.514.4
GiddingsC+22 mi2.611.2
LexingtonA23 mi0.53.5

Straight-line distance from the center of Camp Swift. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Camp Swift.

On the roads

Seven people died in crashes on Camp Swift’s roads in 2019–2023

Camp Swift had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.

That is more than is typical for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Camp Swift’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Camp Swift’s own rate (17.0) is context, not a ranking.

7
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
1
cyclist among them
17.0
per 100,000 a year · Texas towns of 5,000–25,000: 7.3

Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.

Next door

Camp Swift and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

Circle D-KC Estates: not gradedCircle D-KC EstatesCamp Swift
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Circle D-KC Estates———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Circle D-KC Estates is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.

How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →

Questions about safety in Camp Swift

Is Camp Swift, TX safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Camp Swift. Camp Swift has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Bastrop County. The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Camp Swift alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Texas towns with a grade are Bastrop (D, 5 mi), Elgin (C+, 13 mi), Smithville (B−, 15 mi).

Who polices Camp Swift?

The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office. Camp Swift is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Bastrop County without police of their own.

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.