Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lufkin, TX Crime Grade
How Lufkin grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Texas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
9/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lufkin, TX was 441.0 per 100,000 residents (152 incidents over a population of 34,467). That puts Lufkin Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 28% above the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Lufkin #3,151 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #219 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and down 35% over the last five years.
Lufkin, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Texas Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 441.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,151 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #219 of 250
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- down 35%
- Population
- 34,467
- Reporting agency
- Lufkin Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lufkin Police Department (FBI ORI TX0030400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lufkin, TX
History
Founded in 1882 and incorporated in 1890. Became the county seat of Angelina County in 1892.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lufkin (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lufkin vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 681.3(238) | 475.6(162) | 605.4(207) | 526.0(180) | 441.0(152) |
| Murder | 14.3(5) | 5.9(2) | 5.8(2) | 5.8(2) | 11.6(4) |
| Rape | 91.6(32) | 99.8(34) | 117.0(40) | 90.6(31) | 110.3(38) |
| Robbery | 63.0(22) | 61.7(21) | 90.7(31) | 73.1(25) | 40.6(14) |
| Aggravated assault | 512.4(179) | 308.3(105) | 391.9(134) | 356.5(122) | 278.5(96) |
| Property crime | 4073.4(1,423) | 3702.0(1,261) | 2746.2(939) | 2212.3(757) | 2089.0(720) |
| Burglary | 787.2(275) | 584.2(199) | 389.0(133) | 318.5(109) | 275.6(95) |
| Larceny | 2902.6(1,014) | 2815.4(959) | 2126.2(727) | 1651.2(565) | 1645.1(567) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 357.8(125) | 290.6(99) | 225.2(77) | 228.0(78) | 148.0(51) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lufkin, TX Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Lufkin Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Lufkin calculated?
- Lufkin's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Texas state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Texas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Lufkin Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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