Lamar, TX Crime Rates & Statistics

Reported Annual Crime In Lamar

Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Lamar_{/100k people}	Texas_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Total crime	0	n/a (estimate)	1,940 (estimate)	3,194	2,837
Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Lamar_{/100k people}	Texas_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Murder	n/a	n/a	n/a	5.3	5.3
Rape	n/a	n/a	n/a	48.0	40.4
Robbery	n/a	n/a	n/a	119.6	102.8
Assault	n/a	n/a	n/a	261.6	248.5
Violent crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	264 (estimate)	434	386
Burglary	n/a	n/a	n/a	533.8	468.9
Theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,978.1	1,745.0
Vehicle theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	247.8	236.9
Property crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	1,676 (estimate)	2,760	2,451

Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Fulton, TX	1,265	63	2,342	2,405
Falman, TX	176	427	2,714	3,141
Country Acres, TX	180	450	2,864	3,314
Bayside, TX	472	507	3,224	3,731
Holiday Beach, TX	391	510	3,244	3,754
Rockport, TX	10,197	354	5,510	5,865
Lamar, TX	925	264	1,676	1,940

Did you know?

The overall crime rate in Lamar is 32% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 5.31 daily crimes that occur in Lamar.
Lamar is safer than 47% of the cities in the United States.
In Lamar you have a 1 in 52 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Lamar has decreased by 2%.

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Compare Lamar, TX Crime To Other Cities

Daily Crime In Lamar (per 100,000 people)

How Safe is Lamar (higher is better)

Chance of Being A Victim of Crime in Lamar

The chance of being a victim of violent crime in Lamar is 1 in 380

The chance of being a victim of property crime in Lamar is 1 in 60

The chance of being a victim of crime in Lamar is 1 in 52

Year Over Year Crime In Lamar (per 100,000 people)

Lamar police department

Item	Lamar	Texas	National
Law enforcement employees (officers & civilians)	n/a	46,020	558,732
Police officers & civilians /1000 residents	n/a	3.0	3.3

Sex offenders in Texas

State	Total offenders	Texas_/100K	National_/100K
Texas	79,674	370	222

There are a total of 79,674 sex offenders in Texas. This yields a total of 370 sex offenders in Texas per 100,000 residents which is 67% greater than the national average.

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Searsport, ME	925	38	990	1,028
New Berlin, PA	925	115	346	462
Watson, LA	925	472	2,750	3,222
Stone Harbor, NJ	925	241	11,928	12,169
Great Bend, NY	925	194	799	994
Lamar, TX	925	264	1,676	1,940

Source: The Lamar, TX crime data displayed above is derived from the FBI's uniform crime reports for the year of 2016. The crime report encompasses more than 18,000 city and state law enforcement agencies reporting data on property and violent crimes. The uniform crime reports program represents approximately 309 million American residents, which results in 98% coverage of metropolitan statistical areas.