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TYLER \u2013 Crime rates declined in most East Texas counties over the past year, according to newly released FBI data, though a handful of counties reported significant increases. Data from the Texas Department of Public Safety\u2019s Crime in Texas (CIT) Online Portal shows reported crime fell in 18 of the 28 East Texas counties between 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n
Rains County recorded the largest decrease, with reported crime falling 36.03% between 2024 and 2025. Meanwhile, Anderson County saw the largest increase, with reported crime rising 53.19% during the same period. Smith County reported 5,793 crimes in 2025, giving it a crime rate of about 2,293.4 per 100,000 residents after adjusting for population. While Nacogdoches County has less than half the population of Smith County, it recorded a higher crime rate of 2,702.5 in 2025, meaning crimes occur more frequently there relative to the county\u2019s population.<\/p>\n
Our news partner KETK compiled a list showing how crime rates changed across East Texas counties from 2024 to 2025. You can view that list here<\/a> or by continuing to read below. <\/p>\n Anderson County Sheriff Rudy Flores told KETK the spike does not necessarily reflect a sudden surge in crime. Instead, he said the change is largely tied to reporting issues that occurred when the FBI transitioned from the Summary Reporting System (SRS) to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2021.<\/p>\n Flores said those earlier technical challenges meant some crime data was not fully captured, and the county\u2019s numbers are now more accurately reflecting actual crime levels.<\/p>\n The CIT portal calculates each county\u2019s crime rate per 100,000 residents by dividing the total number of reported crimes by the county\u2019s population and multiplying the result by 100,000. This method allows for more accurate comparisons between counties with different population sizes.<\/p>\n Our news partner KETK compiled the following list showing how crime rates changed across East Texas counties from 2024 to 2025: <\/p>\n Anderson County The FBI also publishes state and nationwide crime data thats available to view through their Crime Data Explorer. For Texas, many crimes like robbery, arson, burglary and motor vehicle theft have declined from historic highs set in the 1990\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TYLER \u2013 Crime rates declined in most East Texas counties over the past year, according to newly released FBI data, though a handful of counties reported significant increases. Data from the Texas Department of Public Safety\u2019s Crime in Texas (CIT) Online Portal shows reported crime fell in 18 of the 28 East Texas counties between … Continue reading Crime rates fall, new data shows<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1488670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-15_044906-201x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 20:19:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-15_044906-201x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1488251"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1488936,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488251\/revisions\/1488936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1488251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1488251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1488251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1131.4
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1733.2
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate +53.19%
\n See above.
\n Angelina County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2845.8
\n 2025 Crime rate: 2566.9
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -9.80%
\n The amount of human trafficking cases reported in Angelina County fell 1005 last year, from two reported cases in 2024 to none in 2025.
\n Bowie County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2927.2
\n 2025 Crime rate: 3528.7
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: +20.55%
\n Despite a reported rise in most other offenses, Bowie County saw a 20% drop in reported robbery cases from 30 in 2024 to 24 in 2025.
\n Camp County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1364.2
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1296.7
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -4.95%
\n Camp County saw a 61.54% drop in reported motor vehicle thefts from 13 in 2024 to five in 2025.
\n Cass County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 912.2
\n 2025 Crime rate: 929.4
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: +1.89%
\n Cass County\u2019s number of reported rape cases fell by almost half in 2025, going from 11 in 2024 to six in 2025.
\n Cherokee County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2119.8
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1410
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -33.48%
\n Franklin County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1091.7
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1308.1
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: +19.82%
\n Gregg County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 3434.7
\n 2025 Crime rate: 3305.8
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -3.75%
\n Gregg County reported a 19.61% drop in reported robbery cases last year with 51 reported cases in 2024 going down to 41 reported cases in 2025.
\n Harrison County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2006.8
\n 2025 Crime rate: 2192.7
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: +9.26%
\n Harrison County saw a 50% drop in reported murders from 4 to 2 but they also saw a 70% rise in reported robberies from 10 to 17.
\n Henderson County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1913.7
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1658.2
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -13.35%
\n Hopkins County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 819.4
\n 2025 Crime rate: 845
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: +3.12%
\n Houston County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1429.9
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1241.7
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -13.16%
\n Marion County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1903
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1788.6
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -6.01%
\n Morris County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2127.1
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1636.2
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -23.08%
\n Nacogdoches County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2438.8
\n 2025 Crime rate: 2702.5
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: +10.81%
\n Nacogdoches County saw a 100% drop in reported human trafficking cases, down to zero in 2025 from six in 2024.
\n Panola County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1968.4
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1816.3
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -7.73%
\n Polk County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2357.4
\n 2025 Crime rate: 2291.4
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -2.80%
\n Rains County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 849.9
\n 2025 Crime rate: 543.7
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -36.03%
\n Rains County saw a 63.83% drop in reported burglaries in 2025. The county was down to just 17 burglaries in 2025 from 47 in 2024.
\n Rusk County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2656.9
\n 2025 Crime rate: 2187.9
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -17.65%
\n Rusk County saw a 51.61% drop in reported rape cases last year, down from 31 cases in 2024 to 15 cases in 2024.
\n Sabine County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 952.4
\n 2025 Crime rate: 962.1
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: +1.02%
\n San Augustine County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1026.7
\n 2025 Crime rate: 938
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -8.64%
\n Shelby County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1720.4
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1634.7
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -4.98%
\n Smith County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2381.9
\n 2025 Crime rate: 2292.6
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -3.75%
\n Smith County\u2019s reported amount of rape cases rose by 12.74% by going from 157 in 2024 to 177 in 2025.
\n The City of Whitehouse recently announced that they were rated as the 25th safest city in the state for 2025 and the 6th safest in Texas for 2026.
\n Titus County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 2783.7
\n 2025 Crime rate: 2348.6
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -15.63%
\n Trinity County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 987
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1089.8
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: +10.42%
\n Upshur County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1182.8
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1270.8
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: +7.44%
\n The amount of reported robberies in Upshur County went up by 100% last year from four reported cases in 2024 to eight reported cases in 2025.
\n Van Zandt County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 920
\n 2025 Crime rate: 873.2
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -5.09%
\n Wood County
\n 2024 Crime rate: 1104.1
\n 2025 Crime rate: 1024.5
\n 2024 to 2025 percent change in crime rate: -7.21%
\n For both reported manslaughter and murder cases, Wood County saw 100% drop in 2025. Both offenses saw just one case each in 2024 and fell to zero reported cases in 2025.<\/p>\n