The Woodlands, TX Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in The Woodlands in green. The most dangerous areas in The Woodlands 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 The Woodlands, TX Safe from Murder?

The D- grade means the rate of murder is much higher than the average US city. The Woodlands is in the 14th percentile for safety, meaning 86% of cities are safer and 14% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to The Woodlands's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in The Woodlands is 0.1191 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in The Woodlands generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in The Woodlands may be as high as 1 in 6,683 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 15,632 in the southwest part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the central parts of The Woodlands, TX: about 3 per year. The south part of The Woodlands has fewer cases of murder with only 1 in a typical year.

How The Woodlands's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in The Woodlands 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, The Woodlands 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 The Woodlands, TX

Murder is projected to cost the residents of The Woodlands about $26,924,316 in 2025, or roughly $224 per resident. This is part of The Woodlands's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for The Woodlands, including every crime type and how The Woodlands compares to other cities.

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 The Woodlands's crime maps on the The Woodlands overall crime page.

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Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Shenandoah, TX	C-	D+	D+	D-
Oak Ridge North, TX	D	C	D	D
Spring, TX	C-	D+	C	D+
Conroe, TX	C-	C	C-	D-
Magnolia, TX	C+	C	C+	D-
Pinehurst, TX	B	B-	B	D
Tomball, TX	B-	B-	B-	C-
Stagecoach, TX	C	B	D+	D-
Wigginsville, TX	B	A-	B-	D-
Porter, TX	C	C-	C+	D-

Murder in City with Similar Populations

The Woodlands is higher 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
Bryan, TX	C	C	C	D+
Anderson, IN	B-	C+	C+	C-
Alexandria, VA	D	B+	B+	C
Auburn, AL	C	C+	C+	C+
Antioch, TN	D-	D-	D-	C+
Arvada, CO	D-	D+	D+	B+
Anaheim, CA	C	D	D	A+
Appleton, WI	C	B+	B+	B+
Akron, OH	D+	C	C	C+
Arlington, VA	C	B	B	C

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in The Woodlands, TX average SchoolGrade of A, with 61% actual proficiency versus 50% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See The Woodlands schools on SchoolGrade

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