Photo: Rmckee8 · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Orange fell 31% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Orange grades C for safety (#327 of 471 graded towns in Texas): more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Orange
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Texas towns on Orange’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Bridge City (B+), West Orange (C−). Little Cypress is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Orange is home to Lamar State College-Orange, with 2,238 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 4% 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 ↓
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 Orange’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 property rate (12.3) 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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Orange property | Rest of Texas property | Orange violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.6 | 27.3 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 15.6 | 26.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 11.9 | 23.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 9.4 | 20.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 9 property crimes reported
And about 5 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
Orange’s police reported 260 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.5 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 | Orange | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
268 crimes reported in 2025
86 violent and 182 property, as reported to the FBI by Orange’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
40 people died in crashes on Orange’s roads in 2019–2023
Orange had 34 fatal crashes in five years, in which 40 people died; 11 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 17 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 41.7 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.
Orange and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | C | 4.5 | 12.3 |
| West Orange | C− | 2.4 | 24.1 |
| Little Cypress | — | — | — |
| Bridge City | B+ | 1.4 | 5.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Little Cypress is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Orange. 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 Orange’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (19,278 in 2025); our figure for Orange is 19,419 (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 Orange
Is Orange, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Orange reports more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #327 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 4.5 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 Orange?
4.5 violent and 12.3 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.
Is crime going up or down in Orange?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Orange safer than West Orange?
West Orange reports more crime per resident than Orange: West Orange grades C− for safety and Orange C. West Orange’s police reported 2.4 violent and 24.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Orange?
Orange’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Orange”. 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.