The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in El Paso County, TX
El Paso County is home to 870,800 residents and includes El Paso and Socorro · Updated November 2026
Is El Paso County, TX safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, El Paso County has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within El Paso County run from A+ to D+, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 765 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than El Paso County as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. El Paso County scores 765.
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 El Paso County, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in El Paso 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 El Paso County
Robberies are uncommon. El Paso County has robberies at about half the US rate: 0.33 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in El Paso County
Most of El Paso County grades well: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across El Paso County run from A+ to D+; 18% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
96%
A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in El Paso County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Socorro, Horizon City, and San Elizario areas have the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in El Paso County?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in El Paso County is down 21%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.4 to 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 14 to 13 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 10%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
El Paso CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across El Paso County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, El Paso County
Violent, US
Property, El Paso County
Property, US
2016
+8%
+4%
+20%
+15%
2017
+6%
+4%
+18%
+12%
2018
+3%
+0%
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
+4%
-19%
-8%
2021
-25%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
-10%
+5%
-11%
-6%
2023
-12%
+2%
+1%
-7%
2024
-22%
-4%
-6%
-15%
Crime rates and types in El Paso County
CrimeGrade™ estimates El Paso County has about 34 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 8% less than the US as a whole and 19% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in El Paso County, about 42% 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 County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across El Paso County, 2022 to 2024.
In El Paso County, 57% 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 (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (49%)
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 El Paso County compares with nearby counties
El Paso County has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest counties. Hidalgo County, NM and Hudspeth County have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, density and walkability in El Paso County
El Paso County looks like a typical county on the traits that tend to go with crime.
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.98% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 79% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.28% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 70% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% of Americans
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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 El Paso County: D (13 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 64% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.40 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 61% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 56% 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 El Paso County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs El Paso County about $1,147 a year per household, about the same as the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $340 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 $1.03 billion a year, or $1,182 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$55 million
$64
Rape
$19 million
$22
Robbery
$8.9 million
$10
Assault
$133 million
$153
Burglary
$11 million
$12
Theft
$43 million
$49
Vehicle theft
$34 million
$39
Arson
$1.8 million
$2
Vandalism
$34 million
$39
Total
$340 million
$391
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 El Paso 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 El Paso County, TX average a SchoolGrade of C+: 45% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in El Paso County on SchoolGrade
