The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Aransas County, TX
Aransas County is home to 24,900 residents and includes Rockport and Fulton · Updated November 2026
Is Aransas County, TX safe?
Yes, crime in Aransas County is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Aransas County sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Aransas County run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 866 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Aransas County as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Aransas County scores 866.
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 Aransas County, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Aransas County, 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 Aransas County
Burglaries run high for an A-graded county. Aransas County has 4.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US county, the figure is 1.4.
Reported rape is the exception. Aransas County grades A for violent crime, but reported rape grades C+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live.
The safest and least safe parts of Aransas County
Every part of Aransas County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Aransas County run from A+ to B; 73% 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.
Across the county, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Aransas County?
Reported crime in Aransas County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 15% and property crime down 60%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.9 to 3.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 32 to 13 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 39% and property crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Aransas CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Aransas County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Aransas County
Violent, US
Property, Aransas County
Property, US
2016
+38%
+4%
+21%
+15%
2017
-6%
+4%
-2%
+12%
2018
+14%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-5%
+4%
-7%
-8%
2021
+14%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
+36%
+5%
-35%
-6%
2023
+40%
+2%
-51%
-7%
2024
-15%
-4%
-60%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Aransas County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Aransas County has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% less than the US as a whole and 22% less than Texas.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Aransas County is assault, about 30% of the total. It also makes up 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 Aransas County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Aransas County, 2022 to 2024.
In Aransas County, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 58% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (70%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (58%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (36%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (76%)
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 Aransas County compares with nearby counties
Aransas County has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties. Goliad County and Live Oak County have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Aransas County apart: it has 15.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 22 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.22 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 97% of Americans
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. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of Americans
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.3.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 93% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 88% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Aransas County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
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 crime costs Aransas County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Aransas County about $954 a year per household, 21% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $32 million a year, or $1,271 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.1 million
$45
Rape
$1.5 million
$61
Robbery
$140,000
$6
Assault
$3.1 million
$123
Burglary
$960,000
$38
Theft
$1.2 million
$50
Vehicle theft
$620,000
$25
Arson
$46,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$43
Total
$9.8 million
$393
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 Aransas County 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 Aransas County, TX average a SchoolGrade of C: 45% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Aransas County on SchoolGrade
