Carthage, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Carthage, TX Summary

Crime in Carthage research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Carthage over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Carthage:

  • There were 260 total crimes committed in Carthage the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,964.6 total crimes per 100K people in Carthage.
  • The overall crime rate in Carthage is 70.58% above the national average.
  • Carthage ranks #637 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Carthage ranks #8,933 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Carthage Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Carthage is 3,964.6 per 100,000 people. That's 70.58% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 47.30% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Carthage
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 260 3,964.6 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 4 61.0 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 22 335.5 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 29 442.2 446.5 369.8
Burglary 20 305.0 370.7 269.8
Larceny 197 3,004.0 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 14 213.5 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 231 3,522.4 2,245.0 1,954.4

Carthage Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Carthage

29
Violent Crimes
442.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
19.58%
Above The National Average
  • There were 29 violent crimes in Carthage in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Carthage is 442.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 226.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Carthage each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 19.58% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -0.95% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Carthage

231
Property Crimes
3,522.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
80.23%
Above The National Average
  • There were 231 property crimes in Carthage in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Carthage is 3,522.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 28.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Carthage each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 80.23% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 56.90% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Carthage

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Shreveport, LA 180,763 8,317 4,601.1 3,790.0 811.0
Longview, TX 81,811 2,710 3,312.5 2,872.5 440.0
Nacogdoches, TX 32,055 720 2,246.1 2,018.4 227.7
Marshall, TX 22,628 521 2,302.5 1,851.7 450.8
Kilgore, TX 13,419 339 2,526.3 2,123.9 402.4
Henderson, TX 12,989 445 3,426.0 2,756.2 669.8
Mansfield, LA 4,472 30 670.8 223.6 447.2
Tatum, TX 1,357 9 663.2 663.2 0.0

Carthage SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
5
Amenities
6
Education
6
Commute
8.5
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