Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Texarkana than in 89% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were up 15% from 2023 to 2025. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Texarkana’s letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025: #433 of 471 graded towns in Texas. Year on year, 5.1 violent crimes and 26.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.3 and 23.5 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 Texarkana
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 Texas towns on Texarkana’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Nash (B), Wake Village (B). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Texarkana has 25,347 jobs based in town for 36,195 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Texarkana’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Texarkana property | Rest of Texas property | Texarkana violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.1 | 27.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 25.2 | 26.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 25.0 | 23.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 28.3 | 20.6 | 6.5 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
Crime in Texarkana 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 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Texarkana | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Texarkana’s police reported 548 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,250 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.
234 violent and 1,016 property, as reported to the FBI by Texarkana’s police.
25 people died in crashes on Texarkana’s roads in 2019–2023
Texarkana had 25 fatal crashes in five years, in which 25 people died; 6 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 13.9 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.
Texarkana and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texarkana | D | 5.1 | 26.2 |
| Nash | B | 2.0 | 5.8 |
| Wake Village | B | 1.5 | 8.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texarkana | D | 5.1 | 26.2 |
| Anna | B | 1.9 | 7.4 |
| Harker Heights | B− | 1.6 | 11.4 |
| Del Rio | B− | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| Greenville | C+ | 2.2 | 12.5 |
| San Juan | C+ | 2.2 | 13.2 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Texarkana’s population (36,195), 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 Texarkana. 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 Texarkana’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (35,907 in 2025); our figure for Texarkana is 36,195 (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 Texarkana
Is Texarkana, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Texarkana reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #433 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 5.1 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 Texarkana?
5.1 violent and 26.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Texarkana in 2025?
Texarkana’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Texarkana safer than Nash?
Nash reports less crime per resident than Texarkana: Nash grades B for safety and Texarkana D. Nash’s police reported 2.0 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Texarkana?
Texarkana’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Texarkana”. 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.