Durst-Taylor House · Photo: Rwminix · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Nacogdoches records more violent crime than 68% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported by Nacogdoches’ police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #283 of 471 graded towns in Texas. In a usual year, 2.7 violent crimes and 15.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Texas, 4.3 and 23.6.
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 Nacogdoches
A college town
Nacogdoches is home to Stephen F Austin State University, with 8,625 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 27% 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 Nacogdoches’ 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 (15.8) 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 | Nacogdoches | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Nacogdoches’ police reported 256 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 Nacogdoches 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 | Nacogdoches property | Rest of Texas property | Nacogdoches violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.2 | 27.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 16.0 | 26.3 | 2.6 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 14.5 | 23.9 | 2.4 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 16.7 | 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.
639 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.
96 violent and 543 property, as reported to the FBI by Nacogdoches’ police.
26 people died in crashes on Nacogdoches’s roads in 2019–2023
Nacogdoches had 25 fatal crashes in five years, in which 26 people died; 10 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 16.2 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.
Nacogdoches and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nacogdoches | C | 2.7 | 15.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nacogdoches | C | 2.7 | 15.8 |
| Sachse | A− | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| Southlake | B+ | 0.4 | 9.2 |
| Deer Park | B− | 1.2 | 12.7 |
| Converse | C− | 4.1 | 15.9 |
| Lufkin | D | 5.2 | 23.3 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Nacogdoches’ population (32,500), 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 Nacogdoches. 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 Nacogdoches’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,448 in 2025); our figure for Nacogdoches is 32,500 (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 Nacogdoches
Is Nacogdoches, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Nacogdoches reports more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #283 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 Nacogdoches?
2.7 violent and 15.8 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 Nacogdoches in 2025?
Nacogdoches’s police reported 5 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 15.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Nacogdoches?
Nacogdoches’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Nacogdoches”. 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.