Castle Hills is a city of 3,940 in Bexar County, about 7 miles north of downtown San Antonio · Updated November 2026
Is Castle Hills, TX safe?
Yes, crime in Castle Hills is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Castle Hills sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 40% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A- to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 783 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Castle Hills as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Castle Hills scores 783.
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 Castle Hills, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Castle Hills, 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 Castle Hills
Vehicle theft at about triple the US rate. Castle Hills has 7.9 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Castle Hills
CrimeGrade™ estimates Castle Hills has about 65 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 76% more than the US as a whole and 56% more 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 Castle Hills is theft, about 52% 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 Castle Hills
Castle Hills has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Castle Hills, 31% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 49% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (57%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (31%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Castle Hills compares with nearby cities
Castle Hills has less crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities.
Two things set Castle Hills apart: it has 45.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 163 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.45.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.163 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% 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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.NoneUS: 24%Lower than for 97% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.14.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 96% 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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 Castle Hills
Crime costs Castle Hills about $1,633 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 35% more 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 $6.4 million a year, or $1,633 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$350,000
$88
Rape
$110,000
$27
Robbery
$130,000
$32
Assault
$420,000
$107
Burglary
$150,000
$37
Theft
$690,000
$176
Vehicle theft
$480,000
$122
Arson
$7,800
$2
Vandalism
$250,000
$64
Total
$2.6 million
$656
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 Castle Hills 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 Castle Hills, TX average a SchoolGrade of C-: 43% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Castle Hills on SchoolGrade
