Photo: Jim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0La Marque reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by La Marque’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #401 of 471 graded towns in Texas.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TX” is every other Texas city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in La Marque
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Texas towns on La Marque’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Hitchcock (C), Texas City (C−). Bayou Vista reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind La Marque’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
For every 1,000 residents, about 19 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Violent crime, by year and by type
La Marque’s police reported 291 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | La Marque | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
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| Year | La Marque property | Rest of Texas property | La Marque violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36.4 | 27.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 21.1 | 26.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 22.6 | 23.9 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 19.4 | 20.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
486 crimes reported in 2025
86 violent and 400 property, as reported to the FBI by La Marque’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
17 people died in crashes on La Marque’s roads in 2019–2023
La Marque had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 17.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people (7.3, 297 towns).
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.
La Marque and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Marque | C− | 4.8 | 21.0 |
| Hitchcock | C | 3.7 | 15.7 |
| Texas City | C− | 3.2 | 19.3 |
| Bayou Vista | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bayou Vista reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Marque | C− | 4.8 | 21.0 |
| Iowa Colony | A− | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| Glenn Heights | B− | 2.3 | 8.2 |
| Red Oak | C+ | 1.7 | 16.0 |
| Universal City | C− | 2.5 | 24.9 |
| Alamo | D | 7.1 | 35.4 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to La Marque’s population (20,324), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of La Marque. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against La Marque’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,653 in 2025); our figure for La Marque is 20,324 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 La Marque
Is La Marque, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, La Marque reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #401 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 4.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in La Marque?
4.8 violent and 21.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in La Marque?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is La Marque safer than Hitchcock?
Hitchcock reports less crime per resident than La Marque: Hitchcock grades C for safety and La Marque C−. Hitchcock’s police reported 3.7 violent and 15.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices La Marque?
La Marque’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “La Marque”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.