The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lake Jackson, TX
Lake Jackson is a city of 30,100 in Brazoria County, about 50 miles south of downtown Houston · Updated November 2026
Is Lake Jackson, TX safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Lake Jackson is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Lake Jackson sits near the middle: 45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lake Jackson run from A to B, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 811 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lake Jackson as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lake Jackson scores 811.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Lake Jackson, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lake Jackson, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Lake Jackson
Reported rape stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.25 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; Lake Jackson has 0.48.
Vehicle theft runs low. Lake Jackson has 1.4 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Lake Jackson
Every part of Lake Jackson where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Lake Jackson run from A to B; 39% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lake Jackson, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Lake Jackson?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Lake Jackson is up 22% and property crime is down 34%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.1 to 2.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 26 to 17 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Lake JacksonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Lake Jackson. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Lake Jackson
Violent, US
Property, Lake Jackson
Property, US
2016
-5%
+4%
-37%
+15%
2017
-22%
+4%
-19%
+12%
2018
-13%
+0%
-22%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-18%
+4%
-16%
-8%
2021
+54%
+6%
-35%
-10%
2022
+36%
+5%
-36%
-6%
2023
+20%
+2%
-33%
-7%
2024
+22%
-4%
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Lake Jackson
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lake Jackson has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 16% less than Texas.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Lake Jackson, about 39% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Lake Jackson
Lake Jackson has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Lake Jackson, 68% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 47% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (68%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Lake Jackson compares with nearby cities
Lake Jackson has more crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities. Bastrop Beach and Jones Creek have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Lake Jackson apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (10 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 28 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, yet assault runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 85% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Lake Jackson: F (4 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 76% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 74% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.28 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 74% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Lake Jackson
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lake Jackson about $958 a year per household, 20% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $33 million a year, or $1,094 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.8 million
$59
Rape
$870,000
$29
Robbery
$180,000
$6
Assault
$4.1 million
$135
Burglary
$390,000
$13
Theft
$2.1 million
$71
Vehicle theft
$660,000
$22
Arson
$16,000
$1
Vandalism
$990,000
$33
Total
$11 million
$367
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Lake Jackson means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Lake Jackson, TX average a SchoolGrade of B-: 48% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Lake Jackson on SchoolGrade
