ZIP 79936 covers East Side in El Paso, about 11 miles east of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is ZIP 79936 in El Paso safe?
Yes, crime in ZIP 79936 is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, ZIP 79936 sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 42% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. El Paso as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within ZIP 79936 run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 791 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than ZIP 79936 as a whole, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 79936 scores 791.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 ZIP 79936, El Paso, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 79936 in El Paso, 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 in ZIP 79936
Burglaries and robberies both run low. In ZIP 79936, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.1 burglaries and 0.33 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 0.62 nationally.
How ZIP 79936 compares within El Paso
Every part of ZIP 79936 where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across ZIP 79936 run from A to B; 9% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 79936 has less crime than 13 of the 21 ZIP codes in El Paso.
Is crime going up in El Paso?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in El Paso as a whole is down 23%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.6 to 2.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 16 to 15 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
El PasoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve El Paso. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, El Paso
Violent, US
Property, El Paso
Property, US
2016
+9%
+4%
+17%
+15%
2017
+6%
+4%
+19%
+12%
2018
+4%
+0%
-2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
-27%
+6%
-16%
-10%
2022
-14%
+5%
-11%
-6%
2023
-14%
+2%
+4%
-7%
2024
-23%
-4%
-4%
-15%
Crime rates and types in ZIP 79936
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 79936 has about 27 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 28% less than the US as a whole and 24% less than El Paso as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in ZIP 79936, about 40% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in El Paso
The El Paso Police Department polices ZIP 79936; these figures cover El Paso as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In El Paso as a whole, 55% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 44% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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.
How ZIP 79936 compares with nearby ZIP codes
ZIP 79936 has less crime than 6 of its 9 nearest ZIP codes.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs ZIP 79936 about $860 a year per household, 29% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $31 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $92 million a year, or $892 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in ZIP 79936 means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in ZIP 79936, El Paso, TX average a SchoolGrade of B+: 50% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in ZIP 79936 on SchoolGrade
