Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0In La Vernia, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 64% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Scored on crimes La Vernia’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C+ for safety. Police counts work out at 1.3 violent crimes and 18.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Texas they are 4.3 and 23.6. Violent crime is lower than in 58% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in only 25%.
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 Vernia
A job center
La Vernia has 1,491 jobs based in town for 1,499 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind La Vernia’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds La Vernia’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | La Vernia property | Rest of Texas property | La Vernia violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35.9 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 32.7 | 26.3 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 23.9 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 20.6 | 1.9 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | La Vernia | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
La Vernia’s police reported 6 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in La Vernia per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
20 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
3 violent and 17 property, as reported to the FBI by La Vernia’s police.
Three people died in crashes on La Vernia’s roads in 2019–2023
La Vernia had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than is typical for Texas towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of La Vernia’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so La Vernia’s own rate (54.8) is context, not a ranking.
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 Vernia and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Vernia | C+ | 1.3 | 18.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Vernia | C+ | 1.3 | 18.9 |
| Hico | A− | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Somerville | A− | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| Bangs | B+ | 1.5 | 6.1 |
| Bruceville-Eddy | B | 1.6 | 7.3 |
| Kerens | B | 2.0 | 7.2 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to La Vernia’s population (1,499), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Vernia. 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 Vernia’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,604 in 2025); our figure for La Vernia is 1,499 (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 Vernia
Is La Vernia, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, La Vernia reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 1.3 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 Vernia?
1.3 violent and 18.9 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.
Who polices La Vernia?
La Vernia’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “La Vernia”. 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.