Murder per Capita in College Station
The map below shows murder per 1,000 College Station residents.
The map below shows murder per 1,000 College Station residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of murder in College Station is about 1 in 13,387.
Murder costs the average College Station resident about $140 per year.
Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in College Station in green. The most dangerous areas in College Station 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 C- grade means the rate of murder is slightly higher than the average US city. College Station is in the 35th percentile for safety, meaning 65% of cities are safer and 35% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to College Station's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of murder in College Station is 0.0747 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in College Station generally consider the south part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of murder in College Station may be as high as 1 in 11,235 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 23,678 in the south part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the northwest parts of College Station, TX: about 5 per year. The southwest part of College Station has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the murder rate in College Station to the Texas state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| College Station, TX: | 0.0747 |
|---|---|
| Texas: | 0.0769 |
| USA: | 0.0671 |
Considering only the murder rate, College Station is as safe as the Texas state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Murder is projected to cost the residents of College Station about $23,792,207 in 2025, or roughly $140 per resident. This is part of College Station's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for College Station, including every crime type and how College Station compares to other cities.
Remember that murder 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 College Station's crime maps on the College Station overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Murder Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C | C | C- | D+ | |
A- | A | B | C+ | |
D+ | C+ | D- | C- | |
A- | B+ | B | C- | |
B+ | B- | B- | A | |
B | B- | B | D+ | |
C | D | C | D- | |
C+ | D | C+ | D | |
C+ | B- | B+ | C | |
B- | B- | B | D+ |
College Station is similar versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Murder Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C | D+ | D+ | C+ | |
A- | A- | A- | A | |
F | C- | C- | D- | |
C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ | |
B- | B- | B- | B+ | |
D | D+ | D+ | F | |
D+ | C- | C- | D | |
D- | D- | D- | D+ | |
C+ | B- | B- | B- | |
D | D | D | B- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in College Station, TX average SchoolGrade of B, with 45% actual proficiency versus 40% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See College Station schools on SchoolGrade
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