Tahoka, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Tahoka, TX Summary

Crime in Tahoka research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Tahoka 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 Tahoka:

  • There were 37 total crimes committed in Tahoka the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,529.6 total crimes per 100K people in Tahoka.
  • The overall crime rate in Tahoka is -34.19% below the national average.
  • Tahoka ranks #340 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Tahoka ranks #5,396 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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Tahoka Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Tahoka is 1,529.6 per 100,000 people. That's -34.19% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -43.17% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Tahoka
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 37 1,529.6 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 1 41.3 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 7 289.4 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 8 330.7 446.5 369.8
Burglary 9 372.1 370.7 269.8
Larceny 19 785.4 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 1 41.3 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 29 1,198.8 2,245.0 1,954.4

Tahoka 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 Tahoka

8
Violent Crimes
330.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-10.57%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Tahoka in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Tahoka is 330.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 302.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Tahoka each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -10.57% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -25.92% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Tahoka

29
Property Crimes
1,198.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-38.66%
Below The National Average
  • There were 29 property crimes in Tahoka in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Tahoka is 1,198.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Tahoka each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -38.66% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -46.60% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Tahoka

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lubbock, TX 264,142 13,731 5,198.3 4,134.9 1,063.4
Levelland, TX 12,579 412 3,275.3 2,210.0 1,065.3
Slaton, TX 5,752 120 2,086.2 1,929.8 156.5

Tahoka SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
N/A
Amenities
6
Education
5
Commute
8.5
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