Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 3.0For violent crime, Lake Jackson trails 69% of U.S. towns per resident
Among its 3 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Lake Jackson’s Safety Grade is C, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: #287 of 471 graded towns in Texas. By contrast, the local count comes to 2.7 violent crimes and 16.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of 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 Lake Jackson
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Texas towns on Lake Jackson’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Richwood (B+), Clute (C), Freeport (C−). Neighbors ↓
A college town
Lake Jackson is home to Brazosport College, with 2,811 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 6% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lake Jackson’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. Its violent rate (2.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (16.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lake Jackson | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lake Jackson’s police reported 224 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 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 Lake Jackson 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Lake Jackson property | Rest of Texas property | Lake Jackson violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.6 | 27.3 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 17.6 | 26.3 | 2.5 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 17.4 | 23.9 | 2.6 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 14.0 | 20.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
477 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.
84 violent and 393 property, as reported to the FBI by Lake Jackson’s police.
12 people died in crashes on Lake Jackson’s roads in 2019–2023
Lake Jackson had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 8.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.1, 88 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.
Lake Jackson and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Jackson | C | 2.7 | 16.3 |
| Freeport | C− | 5.3 | 14.3 |
| Clute | C | 2.8 | 18.6 |
| Richwood | B+ | 1.3 | 6.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Jackson | C | 2.7 | 16.3 |
| Royse City | B | 1.3 | 9.4 |
| Denison | B | 2.2 | 8.0 |
| Eagle Pass | C | 1.8 | 19.2 |
| Katy | C− | 1.9 | 31.8 |
| Balch Springs | D | 4.3 | 28.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Lake Jackson’s population (27,803), 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 Lake Jackson. 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 Lake Jackson’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,161 in 2025); our figure for Lake Jackson is 27,803 (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 Lake Jackson
Is Lake Jackson, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lake Jackson reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #287 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 2.7 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 Lake Jackson?
2.7 violent and 16.3 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.
How many homicides were there in Lake Jackson in 2025?
Lake Jackson’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Lake Jackson safer than Freeport?
Freeport reports more crime per resident than Lake Jackson: Freeport grades C− for safety and Lake Jackson C. Freeport’s police reported 5.3 violent and 14.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lake Jackson?
Lake Jackson’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lake Jackson”. 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.