Spring Branch, Houston, TX Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Spring Branch in green. The most dangerous areas in Spring Branch are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Spring Branch, Houston, TX Safe from Murder?

The D grade means the rate of murder is higher than the average US neighborhood. Spring Branch is in the 17th percentile for safety, meaning 83% of neighborhoods are safer and 17% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Spring Branch's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of murder in Spring Branch is 0.1543 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Spring Branch generally consider the southeast part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Spring Branch may be as high as 1 in 4,584 in the northeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 7,757 in the southeast part of the neighborhood.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the central parts of Spring Branch, Houston, TX: about 4 per year. The northeast part of Spring Branch has fewer cases of murder with only 1 in a typical year.

How Spring Branch's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Spring Branch to the Texas state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Spring Branch is less safe than the Texas state average and less safe than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Spring Branch, Houston, TX

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Spring Branch about $40,267,975 in 2025, or roughly $290 per resident. This is part of Spring Branch's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Spring Branch, including every crime type and how Spring Branch compares to other neighborhoods.

Interpreting the Murder Map

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 Spring Branch's crime maps on the Spring Branch overall crime page.

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Individual Spring Branch Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of murder in Spring Branch is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Spring Branch.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Fairbanks-Northwest Crossing, Houston, TX	D	D	D	D-
Greater Memorial, Houston, TX	D+	B+	D	D+
Oak Forest-Garden Oaks, Houston, TX	C-	C-	D+	D
Greater Inwood, Houston, TX	C	D+	C+	D-
Near Northwest, Houston, TX	C-	D	C	D
Galleria-Uptown, Houston, TX	D-	C	F	D
Westchase, Houston, TX	D	D	D-	D-
West Houston, Houston, TX	C-	C+	D+	D
Energy Corridor, Houston, TX	D	C	D-	D
Acres Home, Houston, TX	C-	D-	C-	D-

Murder in Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Spring Branch is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
East Memphis-Colonial-Yorkshire, Memphis, TN	F	F	F	F
South Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ	D+	C	C	C+
Hickory Ridge-South Riverdale, Memphis, TN	F	F	F	F
Harlem, Manhattan, NY	B+	D+	D+	B
South Side, Corpus Christi, TX	C+	C+	C+	D
Southwest, Anaheim, CA	A-	C	C	A
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY	A-	B+	B+	A-
Eastside, Fort Worth, TX	C-	C-	C-	C+
Upper West Side, Manhattan, NY	A-	B+	B+	C+
East Side, El Paso, TX	C	C+	C+	B+

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Spring Branch, Houston, TX average SchoolGrade of C, with 36% actual proficiency versus 32% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See Spring Branch schools on SchoolGrade

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