The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Leon Valley, TX
Leon Valley is a city of 14,000 in Bexar County, about 9 miles northwest of downtown San Antonio · Updated November 2026
Is Leon Valley, TX safe?
Crime in Leon Valley is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Leon Valley. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Leon Valley run from B+ to D, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 617 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Leon Valley as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Leon Valley scores 617.
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 Leon Valley, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Leon Valley, 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 Leon Valley
Car thefts run high. Leon Valley has car thefts at more than triple the US rate: 9.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Leon Valley, 59% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Leon Valley
Most of Leon Valley grades well: 64% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Leon Valley run from B+ to D; every part of Leon Valley has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
64%33%
A or B 64%C 33%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Leon Valley, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Leon Valley?
Reported property crime in Leon Valley has risen 15% 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 44 to 50 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 18%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Leon ValleyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Leon Valley. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Leon Valley
Property, US
2016
+46%
+15%
2017
+25%
+12%
2018
-9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+6%
-8%
2021
+30%
-10%
2022
+47%
-6%
2023
+40%
-7%
2024
+15%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Leon Valley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Leon Valley has about 90 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for 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 makes up about 43% of crime reported in Leon Valley. Assault is less common but 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 Leon Valley
Leon Valley has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Leon Valley, 73% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (73%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
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 Leon Valley compares with nearby cities
Leon Valley has less crime than 4 of its 8 nearest cities.
Two things set Leon Valley apart: it has 193 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 23.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.193 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.23.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% 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+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 67% 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.12.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 93% 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
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 Leon Valley: C- (30 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 81% 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 Leon Valley
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Leon Valley about $2,136 a year per household, 77% 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 $30 million a year, or $2,125 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.3 million
$91
Rape
$530,000
$38
Robbery
$520,000
$37
Assault
$3.5 million
$251
Burglary
$510,000
$37
Theft
$2.8 million
$200
Vehicle theft
$2.0 million
$145
Arson
$26,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$86
Total
$12 million
$886
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 Leon Valley 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 Leon Valley, TX average a SchoolGrade of D-: 32% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Leon Valley on SchoolGrade
