The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Nacogdoches, TX
Nacogdoches is a city of 47,500 in Nacogdoches County · Updated November 2026
Is Nacogdoches, TX safe?
Yes, crime in Nacogdoches is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Nacogdoches sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Nacogdoches run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 851 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Nacogdoches as a whole, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Nacogdoches scores 851.
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 Nacogdoches, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Nacogdoches, 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 Nacogdoches
Vehicle theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Nacogdoches has 3.1.
Reported rapes run above the US rate. Nacogdoches has less crime than the US as a whole, 18% below the US rate, but more reported rapes: 0.66 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Nacogdoches
Most of Nacogdoches grades well: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Nacogdoches run from A+ to C+; 50% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
96%
A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Nacogdoches, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Nacogdoches?
Reported crime in Nacogdoches has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 30% and property crime down 45%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.4 to 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 27 to 15 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
NacogdochesUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Nacogdoches. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Nacogdoches
Violent, US
Property, Nacogdoches
Property, US
2016
+6%
+4%
-2%
+15%
2017
-17%
+4%
+7%
+12%
2018
-6%
+0%
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
+4%
+11%
-8%
2021
-29%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
-33%
+5%
-24%
-6%
2023
-21%
+2%
-41%
-7%
2024
-30%
-4%
-46%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Nacogdoches
CrimeGrade™ estimates Nacogdoches has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% less than the US as a whole and 28% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Nacogdoches is assault, about 42% of the total. It also makes up 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 Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Nacogdoches, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 57% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (57%)
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 Nacogdoches compares with nearby cities
Nacogdoches has the most crime of its 2 nearest cities.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Nacogdoches
One thing sets Nacogdoches apart: it has 10.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run lower here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 88% 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 Nacogdoches: F (0 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. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 66% of US city residents
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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.62% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 80% of US city residents
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
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 Nacogdoches
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Nacogdoches about $1,036 a year per household, 14% 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 $60 million a year, or $1,266 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.9 million
$83
Rape
$1.9 million
$40
Robbery
$390,000
$8
Assault
$5.8 million
$123
Burglary
$680,000
$14
Theft
$2.3 million
$49
Vehicle theft
$2.2 million
$47
Arson
$69,000
$1
Vandalism
$830,000
$17
Total
$18 million
$383
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 Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches, TX average a SchoolGrade of B: 48% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Nacogdoches on SchoolGrade
