Carrizo Springs is a city of 6,690 in Dimmit County, about 40 miles east of downtown Eagle Pass · Updated November 2026
Is Carrizo Springs, TX safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Carrizo Springs has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Carrizo Springs run from A+ to D+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 735 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Carrizo Springs as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Carrizo Springs scores 735.
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 Carrizo Springs, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Carrizo Springs, 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 Carrizo Springs
Thefts run high for a B-graded city. Carrizo Springs has 80.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 15.4.
Vehicle theft at more than triple the US rate. Carrizo Springs has 10.4 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Carrizo Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Carrizo Springs has about 135 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Carrizo Springs, about 59% 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.
How Carrizo Springs compares with nearby cities
Carrizo Springs has the most crime of its 2 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Carrizo Springs. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Carrizo Springs has more crime than 97% of them.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Carrizo Springs
Two things set Carrizo Springs apart: it has 18.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.5 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and vandalism runs high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.18.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 91% 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 and assault. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 62% of US city residents
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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 88% of US city residents
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 Carrizo Springs: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.66 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 83% of US city residents
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 Carrizo Springs
Crime costs Carrizo Springs about $3,464 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about triple 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 $19 million a year, or $2,856 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$650,000
$97
Rape
$330,000
$50
Robbery
$200,000
$30
Assault
$2.1 million
$311
Burglary
$210,000
$31
Theft
$2.8 million
$412
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$159
Arson
$21,000
$3
Vandalism
$690,000
$104
Total
$8.0 million
$1,198
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 Carrizo Springs 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 Carrizo Springs, TX average a SchoolGrade of D-: 33% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Carrizo Springs on SchoolGrade
