The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Georgetown, TX
Georgetown is a city of 126,600 in Williamson County, about 25 miles north of downtown Austin · Updated November 2026
Is Georgetown, TX safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Georgetown has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 63% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Georgetown run from A+ to B, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 888 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Georgetown as a whole, and 37% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Georgetown scores 888.
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 Georgetown, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Georgetown, 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 Georgetown
Car thefts run high in Briarwood & Downtown Georgetown. In this part of central Georgetown, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Georgetown.
Reported rape is the exception. Georgetown grades A for violent crime, but reported rape grades B+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live.
Aggravated assaults and acts of vandalism both run low. In Georgetown, each runs at less than half the US rate: 1.2 aggravated assaults and 2.5 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 5.5 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Georgetown
Every part of Georgetown where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Georgetown run from A+ to B; 87% 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.
1Sun City, northwestCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Georgetown.A+931
2Berry Creek, northBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Georgetown.A919
3Old Town District, southeastCar thefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Georgetown.A865
4Southwestern University, eastCar thefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Georgetown.A858
5San Gabriel Heights & Sierra Vista, southBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Georgetown.A-844
6Briarwood & Downtown Georgetown, centralAggravated assaults run at about double the rate in the rest of Georgetown.A-822
Neighborhood areas of Georgetown, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Georgetown?
Reported crime in Georgetown has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 66% and property crime up 12%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.0 to 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 9.3 to 10 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GeorgetownUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Georgetown. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Georgetown
Violent, US
Property, Georgetown
Property, US
2016
+28%
+4%
+15%
+15%
2017
+16%
+4%
+7%
+12%
2018
+2%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+77%
+4%
+70%
-8%
2021
+50%
+6%
+41%
-10%
2022
+61%
+5%
+31%
-6%
2023
+40%
+2%
+16%
-7%
2024
+66%
-4%
+12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Georgetown
CrimeGrade™ estimates Georgetown has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 44% less than the US as a whole and 51% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Georgetown, about 38% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Georgetown
Georgetown has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Georgetown, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 43% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (61%)
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 Georgetown compares with nearby cities
Georgetown has less crime than 3 of its 6 nearest cities.
Two things set Georgetown apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (8 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 7.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and theft runs low here.
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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 80% 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.3.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 79% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.29 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 73% 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.79% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 72% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 68% 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 Georgetown
Crime costs Georgetown about $619 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 49% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $26 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 $69 million a year, or $546 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$12
Rape
$3.1 million
$24
Robbery
$260,000
$2
Assault
$9.6 million
$76
Burglary
$2.3 million
$18
Theft
$5.2 million
$41
Vehicle theft
$1.6 million
$13
Arson
$59,000
under $1
Vandalism
$2.2 million
$18
Total
$26 million
$203
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 Georgetown 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. Georgetown 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 Georgetown, TX average a SchoolGrade of C+: 46% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Georgetown on SchoolGrade
