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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Athens, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Athens, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Athens. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Athens, TX safe?
Athens, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 42 out of 100, grade C, below the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 37% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 42 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 37%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 57%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 18
How Athens compares
Athens scores 11 points below the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Athens lies in Henderson County, which has a county Safety Score of 52, grade C.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Athens.
Neighborhoods inside Athens
18 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Athens, 8 of them mostly inside it. Among those 8, the lowest scores 7, the highest 96, and the middle 80% range from 10 to 89.
ZIP codes where Athens residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Athens's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Texas
- Tyler Safety Score 44 · grade C · 33 miles
- Palestine Safety Score 29 · grade D · 33 miles
- Corsicana Safety Score 39 · grade D · 38 miles
- Jacksonville Safety Score 43 · grade C · 38 miles
- Terrell Safety Score 29 · grade D · 45 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Athens
Athens has an estimated 13,575 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 17.8 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 18 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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