The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Eagle Pass, TX
Eagle Pass is a city of 45,600 in Maverick County and the main city of the Eagle Pass metro area, home to 58,100 · Updated November 2026
Is Eagle Pass, TX safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Eagle Pass has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Eagle Pass run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 897 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Eagle Pass as a whole, and 34% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Eagle Pass scores 897.
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 Eagle Pass, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Eagle Pass, 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
The safest and least safe parts of Eagle Pass
Every part of Eagle Pass where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Eagle Pass run from A+ to B; 26% 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.
Within Eagle Pass, the southeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Eagle Pass?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Eagle Pass is up 20% and property crime is down 20%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.3 to 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 23 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 24% and property crime fell 20%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Eagle PassUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Eagle Pass. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Eagle Pass
Violent, US
Property, Eagle Pass
Property, US
2016
+18%
+4%
+1%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
-20%
+12%
2018
+50%
+0%
-12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+22%
+4%
-16%
-8%
2021
+56%
+6%
+11%
-10%
2022
+87%
+5%
+17%
-6%
2023
+57%
+2%
+0%
-7%
2024
+20%
-4%
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Eagle Pass
CrimeGrade™ estimates Eagle Pass has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% less than the US as a whole and 21% 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 Eagle Pass is assault, about 33% 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 Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Eagle Pass, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 38% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (38%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism, aggravated assault.
How Eagle Pass compares with nearby cities
Eagle Pass has less crime than 2 of its 4 nearest cities; only Seco Mines and Crystal City have less.
One thing sets Eagle Pass apart: it has 27 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, and theft runs low here.
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 Eagle Pass: 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.27 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 76% 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. 76% 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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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.7.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 66% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 66% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 63% 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 Eagle Pass
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Eagle Pass about $1,148 a year per household, about the same as 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 $46 million a year, or $1,018 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.5 million
$54
Rape
$1.0 million
$22
Robbery
$270,000
$6
Assault
$5.3 million
$117
Burglary
$1.5 million
$32
Theft
$2.4 million
$53
Vehicle theft
$1.4 million
$31
Arson
$110,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.8 million
$38
Total
$16 million
$357
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 Eagle Pass 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 Eagle Pass, TX average a SchoolGrade of C: 42% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Eagle Pass on SchoolGrade
