Vehicle Theft per Capita in Lamar County
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Lamar County residents.
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Lamar County residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in Lamar County is about 1 in 1,138.
Vehicle Theft costs the average Lamar County resident about $14 per year.
Crime Grade's vehicle theft map shows the safest places in Lamar County in green. The most dangerous areas in Lamar County are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The B- grade means the rate of vehicle theft is slightly lower than the average US county. Lamar County is in the 55th percentile for safety, meaning 45% of counties are safer and 55% of counties are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Lamar County's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby counties.
The rate of vehicle theft in Lamar County is 0.8788 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Lamar County generally consider the east part of the county to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in Lamar County may be as high as 1 in 558 in the southeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 1,578 in the east part of the county.
By a simple count ignoring population, more vehicle theft occurs in the northeast parts of Lamar County, TX: about 8 per year. The south part of Lamar County has fewer cases of vehicle theft with only 1 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the vehicle theft rate in Lamar County to the Texas state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Lamar County, TX: | 0.8788 |
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| Texas: | 3.387 |
| USA: | 2.785 |
Considering only the vehicle theft rate, Lamar County is safer than the Texas state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Vehicle Theft is projected to cost the residents of Lamar County about $694,880 in 2025, or roughly $14 per resident. This is part of Lamar County's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Lamar County, including every crime type and how Lamar County compares to other counties.
Remember that vehicle theft rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Lamar County's crime maps on the Lamar County overall crime page.
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Nearby County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
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B- | D+ | B+ | B | |
D | D | D- | C- | |
D- | D | D- | B | |
D+ | C | D+ | A- | |
C | B- | C- | B | |
D+ | D | D+ | A- | |
D+ | C- | D+ | C | |
C- | B- | D | C+ | |
C+ | B- | C- | D | |
C+ | C+ | C | B- |
Lamar County is similar versus other counties of the same size for vehicle theft. The table below compares vehicle theft in counties with comparable overall population.
Similar County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
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B- | B | B | B+ | |
B+ | A- | A- | C+ | |
C | C- | C- | D+ | |
A- | C+ | C+ | A+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | B- | |
C- | C- | C- | D | |
C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ | |
A | A+ | A+ | B+ | |
C | D+ | D+ | C | |
A | A | A | A |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Lamar County, TX average SchoolGrade of C, with 34% actual proficiency versus 33% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Lamar County schools on SchoolGrade
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