Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Port Lavaca, TX Crime Grade
How Port Lavaca 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
7/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Port Lavaca, TX was 311.3 per 100,000 residents (35 incidents over a population of 11,244). That puts Port Lavaca 4% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 10% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Port Lavaca #2,696 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 29% of them, and #172 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is up 12% year over year and up 17% over the last five years.
Port Lavaca, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Texas Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 311.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,696 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #172 of 250
- Safer than
- 29% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 12%
- 5-year change
- up 17%
- Population
- 11,244
- Reporting agency
- Port Lavaca Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Port Lavaca Police Department (FBI ORI TX0290200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Port Lavaca, TX
Also known as
- Lavaca
- La Vaca
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. Port Lavaca (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Port Lavaca 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 | 266.8(31) | 208.2(23) | 323.2(36) | 279.0(31) | 311.3(35) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.0(1) | 8.9(1) |
| Rape | 43.0(5) | 27.2(3) | 125.7(14) | 63.0(7) | 53.4(6) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 18.0(2) | 27.0(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 223.8(26) | 181.0(20) | 179.6(20) | 180.0(20) | 249.0(28) |
| Property crime | 946.8(110) | 1873.6(207) | 1086.5(121) | 1259.9(140) | 551.4(62) |
| Burglary | 232.4(27) | 353.0(39) | 242.4(27) | 207.0(23) | 71.1(8) |
| Larceny | 611.1(71) | 1384.9(153) | 745.3(83) | 935.9(104) | 435.8(49) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 86.1(10) | 135.8(15) | 98.8(11) | 117.0(13) | 44.5(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Port Lavaca, 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 Port Lavaca 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 Port Lavaca calculated?
- Port Lavaca'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 Port Lavaca 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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