Magnolia Gardens is a community of 3,150 in Harris County, about 16 miles northeast of downtown Houston · Updated November 2026
Is Magnolia Gardens, TX safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Magnolia Gardens is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Magnolia Gardens sits near the middle: 51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 843 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Magnolia Gardens as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Magnolia Gardens scores 843.
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 Magnolia Gardens, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Magnolia Gardens, 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 Magnolia Gardens
Burglary stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Magnolia Gardens has 3.8.
Car thefts run high. Magnolia Gardens has car thefts at about triple the US rate: 8.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Magnolia Gardens
CrimeGrade™ estimates Magnolia Gardens has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 31% of crime reported in Magnolia Gardens. Vehicle theft 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.
How Magnolia Gardens compares with nearby cities
Magnolia Gardens has the least crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Magnolia Gardens. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Magnolia Gardens has more crime than 95% of them.
Parking lots, shops and walkability in Magnolia Gardens
Two things set Magnolia Gardens apart: it has 19.5 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 2.5 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.19.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher 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.2.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower 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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (1 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 98% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 88% 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 Magnolia Gardens: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.9.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 83% 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 Magnolia Gardens
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Magnolia Gardens about $1,856 a year per household, 54% 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 $5.4 million a year, or $1,705 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$390,000
$122
Rape
$90,000
$29
Robbery
$23,000
$7
Assault
$320,000
$101
Burglary
$110,000
$34
Theft
$200,000
$63
Vehicle theft
$400,000
$127
Arson
$23,000
$7
Vandalism
$150,000
$48
Total
$1.7 million
$538
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 Magnolia Gardens 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 Magnolia Gardens, TX average a SchoolGrade of C: 42% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Magnolia Gardens on SchoolGrade
