Las Tierras is a neighborhood of 29,200 residents in El Paso, about 14 miles east of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Las Tierras in El Paso safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Las Tierras is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Las Tierras sits near the middle: 44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. El Paso as a whole grades B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 804 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Las Tierras as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Las Tierras scores 804.
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 Las Tierras, El Paso, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Las Tierras in El Paso, 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 Las Tierras
Burglaries are uncommon. Las Tierras has burglaries at less than half the US rate: 0.78 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
How Las Tierras compares within El Paso
Every part of Las Tierras where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Las Tierras run from A to B+; 16% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Las Tierras has less crime than 15 of the 20 neighborhoods in El Paso. It covers much of the Las Tierras area.
Is crime going up in El Paso?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in El Paso as a whole is down 23%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.6 to 2.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 16 to 15 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
El PasoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve El Paso. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, El Paso
Violent, US
Property, El Paso
Property, US
2016
+9%
+4%
+17%
+15%
2017
+6%
+4%
+19%
+12%
2018
+4%
+0%
-2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
-27%
+6%
-16%
-10%
2022
-14%
+5%
-11%
-6%
2023
-14%
+2%
+4%
-7%
2024
-23%
-4%
-4%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Las Tierras
CrimeGrade™ estimates Las Tierras has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 42% less than the US as a whole and 38% less than El Paso as a whole.
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 Las Tierras is assault, about 43% 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 El Paso
The El Paso Police Department polices Las Tierras; these figures cover El Paso as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In El Paso as a whole, 55% 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 (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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 Las Tierras compares with nearby neighborhoods
Las Tierras has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Agua Dulce has less.
Tree cover, empty homes and walkability in Las Tierras
Two things set Las Tierras apart: it has tree cover over 0% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 2.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with little tree cover tend to report more robbery.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.under 1% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.17 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Las Tierras
Crime costs Las Tierras about $812 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 33% less 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 $21 million a year, or $721 per resident.
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 Las Tierras 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 Las Tierras, El Paso, TX average a SchoolGrade of A-: 52% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Las Tierras on SchoolGrade
