The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Galena Park, TX
Galena Park is a city of 10,600 in Harris County, about 8 miles east of downtown Houston · Updated November 2026
Is Galena Park, TX safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Galena Park has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Galena Park run from A- to F, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 763 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Galena Park as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Galena Park scores 763.
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 Galena Park, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Galena Park, 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 Galena Park
One weak spot: burglary. It grades B in Galena Park, worse than in the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live, against A- for property crime as a whole.
Thefts are uncommon. Galena Park has thefts at about half the US rate: 7.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Galena Park
Low crime is the norm across Galena Park: 98% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 2% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Galena Park run from A- to F; every part of Galena Park has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
98%
A or B 98%D or F 2%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Galena Park, the northeast side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Galena Park?
Reported property crime in Galena Park has fallen 42% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 7.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 48%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Galena ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Galena Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Galena Park
Property, US
2016
+11%
+15%
2017
+19%
+12%
2018
+9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+6%
-8%
2021
+22%
-10%
2022
+0%
-6%
2023
+12%
-7%
2024
-42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Galena Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Galena Park has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% less than the US as a whole and 30% 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 Galena Park is assault, about 36% 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.
The Galena Park Police Department's 2024 counts of aggravated assault and burglary fell far below their usual levels, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
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 Galena Park
Galena Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 50% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Homes (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
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 Galena Park compares with nearby cities
Galena Park has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in Galena Park
Two things set Galena Park apart: it has 8.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 5.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.8.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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
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. 60% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (29 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 79% 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.5.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 90% 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.48% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% 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.8.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 75% 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 Galena Park
Crime costs Galena Park about $1,388 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 15% 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 $16 million a year, or $1,530 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$99
Rape
$230,000
$21
Robbery
$130,000
$12
Assault
$1.5 million
$143
Burglary
$320,000
$30
Theft
$380,000
$36
Vehicle theft
$450,000
$43
Arson
$30,000
$3
Vandalism
$350,000
$33
Total
$4.4 million
$420
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 Galena Park 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. Galena Park is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Galena Park, TX average a SchoolGrade of B-: 46% of students test proficient, against 21% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Galena Park on SchoolGrade
