The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lamar County, TX
Lamar County is home to 50,700 residents and includes Paris and Reno · Updated November 2026
Is Lamar County, TX safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Lamar County: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 71% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lamar County run from A+ to C+, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 913 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lamar County as a whole, and 29% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lamar County scores 913.
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 Lamar County, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lamar County, 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 Lamar County
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Lamar County, 62% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Vehicle theft runs low. Lamar County has 1.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.7.
The safest and most dangerous places in Lamar County
Low crime is the norm across Lamar County: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Lamar County run from A+ to C+; 65% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%C 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Lamar County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the southwest side has the least crime and the Paris area the most.
Is crime going up in Lamar County?
Reported crime in Lamar County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 35% and property crime down 12%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.8 to 3.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 18 to 16 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Lamar CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Lamar County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Lamar County
Violent, US
Property, Lamar County
Property, US
2016
-30%
+4%
+46%
+15%
2017
-12%
+4%
+24%
+12%
2018
-11%
+0%
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-3%
+4%
-1%
-8%
2021
-11%
+6%
-11%
-10%
2022
-16%
+5%
-5%
-6%
2023
-32%
+2%
-16%
-7%
2024
-35%
-4%
-12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Lamar County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lamar County has about 36 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Lamar County, about 40% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Lamar County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Lamar County, 2022 to 2024.
In Lamar County, 63% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (63%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (43%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism, aggravated assault.
How Lamar County compares with nearby counties
Lamar County has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest counties. Pushmataha County, OK and Delta County have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Lamar County apart: it has 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 11.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places where few residents live in dense blocks tend to report less robbery; here robbery sits near the national middle.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 95% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 93% of Americans
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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 76% of Americans
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.11.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 91% of Americans
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 Lamar County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.53% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 82% of Americans
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 Lamar County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lamar County about $1,014 a year per household, 16% 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 $64 million a year, or $1,265 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.2 million
$44
Rape
$2.5 million
$49
Robbery
$550,000
$11
Assault
$8.2 million
$163
Burglary
$1.1 million
$21
Theft
$3.3 million
$65
Vehicle theft
$970,000
$19
Arson
$140,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$28
Total
$20 million
$404
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 Lamar County 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 Lamar County, TX average a SchoolGrade of C+: 46% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Lamar County on SchoolGrade
