Laredo is a city of 261,000 in Webb County and the main city of the Laredo metro area, home to 269,300 · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Laredo?
Property crime in Laredo sits near the national middle: an A-, safer than the neighborhoods where 51% of Americans live. Theft makes up 58% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 831 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Laredo as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Laredo scores 831.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Laredo, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Laredo, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Laredo
Car thefts run high in El Trece, Los Amores & Canta Ranas. In this part of west Laredo, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Laredo.
Arsons run high for a city with an A for property crime. Laredo has 0.18 arsons a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 0.04.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Laredo
Low property crime is the norm across Laredo: 88% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Laredo run from A+ to D.
88%11%
A or B 88%C 11%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1San Isidro, northeastCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Laredo.A+951
2Calton Gardens, northwestCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Laredo.A897
3Del Mar Hills & Townlake Plaza, northThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Laredo.A857
4Santo Nino, southeastArsons run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Laredo.A-821
5Ghost Town & Eastwoods, eastThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Laredo.A-774
6Santa Fe, Heights & Chacon, southThefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Laredo.B658
7Las Cruces, Las Lomas & Las Polkas, centralCar thefts run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Laredo.B-606
8La X, southwestCar thefts run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Laredo.B-587
9El Trece, Los Amores & Canta Ranas, westThefts run at about triple the rate in the rest of Laredo.C+482
Neighborhood areas of Laredo, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Laredo?
Reported property crime in Laredo has fallen 19% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 18 to 15 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
LaredoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Laredo. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Laredo
Property, US
2016
+70%
+15%
2017
+39%
+12%
2018
+36%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-16%
-8%
2021
-30%
-10%
2022
-27%
-6%
2023
-24%
-7%
2024
-19%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Laredo
CrimeGrade™ estimates Laredo has about 19 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% less than the US as a whole and 30% less than Texas.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Laredo, about 58% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Laredo
Laredo has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Laredo, 64% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 34% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Laredo and nearby cities
Laredo has more property crime than 3 of its 4 nearest cities. Encinal and Rio Bravo have the least property crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Laredo apart: it has 48% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more car theft; here car theft sits near the national middle.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Laredo: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.48% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 62% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (28 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 78% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 76% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 73% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Laredo on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Laredo
Property crime costs Laredo about $35 million a year, or $134 per resident and about $460 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$4.8 million
$18
Theft
$15 million
$57
Vehicle theft
$6.8 million
$26
Arson
$1.1 million
$4
Vandalism
$7.4 million
$28
Total
$35 million
$134
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
