Houston, United States: crime rates by area
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Questions about crime in Houston
- Which areas of Houston have the least crime?
- Lowest crime among the 88 neighbourhoods of Houston with a Safety score: Lake Houston (10/10), Hunterwood (10/10), Westbranch (10/10). Highest crime among the 88 neighbourhoods of Houston with a Safety score: Medical Center Area (1/10), Midtown (1/10), Downtown (1/10).
Neighbourhoods in Houston
- Acres Home 3/10
- Addicks Park Ten 8/10
- Afton Oaks / River Oaks Area 9/10
- Alief 8/10
- Astrodome Area 6/10
- Braeburn 7/10
- Braeswood 10/10
- Brays Oaks 6/10
- Briar Forest 7/10
- Carverdale 4/10
- Central Northwest 8/10
- Central Southwest 8/10
- Clear Lake 10/10
- Clinton Park Tri-Community 2/10
- Denver Harbor / Port Houston 7/10
- Downtown 1/10
- East Houston 3/10
- East Little York / Homestead 3/10
- Eastex - Jensen Area 3/10
- Edgebrook Area 8/10
- El Dorado / Oates Prairie 2/10
- Eldridge / West Oaks 7/10
- Fairbanks / Northwest Crossing 2/10
- Fondren Gardens 4/10
- Fort Bend Houston 9/10
- Fourth Ward 4/10
- Golfcrest / Bellfort / Reveille 5/10
- Greater Eastwood 6/10
- Greater Fifth Ward 2/10
- Greater Greenspoint 3/10
- Greater Heights 9/10
- Greater Hobby Area 6/10
- Greater Inwood 8/10
- Greater OST / South Union 1/10
- Greater Third Ward 2/10
- Greater Uptown 7/10
- Greenway / Upper Kirby Area 7/10
- Gulfgate Riverview / Pine Valley 5/10
- Gulfton 8/10
- Harrisburg / Manchester / Smith Addition 4/10
- Hidden Valley 9/10
- Hunterwood 10/10
- IAH / Airport Area 1/10
- Independence Heights 3/10
- Kashmere Gardens 1/10
- Kingwood Area 10/10
- Lake Houston 10/10
- Langwood 9/10
- Lawndale / Wayside 6/10
- Lazybrook / Timbergrove 6/10
- MacGregor 5/10
- Magnolia Park 5/10
- Meadowbrook / Allendale 8/10
- Medical Center Area 1/10
- Memorial 10/10
- Meyerland Area 7/10
- Mid West 3/10
- Midtown 1/10
- Minnetex 4/10
- Museum Park 6/10
- Near Northside 4/10
- Near Southwest 6/10
- Neartown - Montrose 3/10
- Northshore 4/10
- Northside/Northline 4/10
- Park Place 5/10
- Pecan Park 9/10
- Pleasantville Area 5/10
- Second Ward 4/10
- Settegast 2/10
- Sharpstown 7/10
- South Acres / Crestmont Park 3/10
- South Belt / Ellington 9/10
- South Main 2/10
- South Park 2/10
- Spring Branch Central 9/10
- Spring Branch East 7/10
- Spring Branch North 10/10
- Spring Branch West 8/10
- Sunnyside 1/10
- Trinity / Houston Gardens 2/10
- University Place 10/10
- Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park 6/10
- Westbranch 10/10
- Westbury 9/10
- Westchase 5/10
- Westwood 5/10
- Willowbrook 1/10
Other places nearby
Mayors of Houston since 2010
Houston: Mayor John Whitmire (Democrat, nonpartisan office). Governor: Greg Abbott (Republican)
John Whitmire · Democrat, nonpartisan office
since January 2024
Houston ▼ −17% · USA ▼ −19%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Sylvester Turner · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2020 – January 2024
Houston ▲ +4% · USA 0%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Sylvester Turner · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2016 – January 2020
Houston ▲ +1% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Annise Parker · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2014 – January 2016
Houston ▼ −11% · USA ▼ −8%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Annise Parker · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2012 – January 2014
Houston 0% · USA ▼ −6%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.
Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0), MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
