The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Montgomery County, TX
Montgomery County is home to 684,400 residents and includes Conroe and Willis · Updated November 2026
Is Montgomery County, TX safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Montgomery County is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Montgomery County sits near the middle: 55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Montgomery County run from A+ to B-, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 860 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Montgomery County as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Montgomery County scores 860.
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 Montgomery County, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Montgomery County, 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 Montgomery County
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades B- in Montgomery County, worse than in the neighborhoods where 83% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
Robberies are uncommon. Montgomery County has robberies at less than half the US rate: 0.21 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Montgomery County
Every part of Montgomery County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Montgomery County run from A+ to B-; 75% 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.
Cities and towns in Montgomery County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Magnolia and Woodlands areas have the least crime and the Willis area the most.
Is crime going up in Montgomery County?
Reported violent crime in Montgomery County peaked in 2022 and has fallen 17% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 16% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.1 to 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 14 to 12 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Montgomery CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Montgomery County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Montgomery County
Violent, US
Property, Montgomery County
Property, US
2016
-15%
+4%
+8%
+15%
2017
-17%
+4%
-8%
+12%
2018
+5%
+0%
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
+4%
-10%
-8%
2021
+17%
+6%
-7%
-10%
2022
+29%
+5%
-6%
-6%
2023
+18%
+2%
-14%
-7%
2024
+7%
-4%
-16%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Montgomery County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Montgomery County has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% less than the US as a whole and 39% 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 makes up about 36% of crime reported in Montgomery County. 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 Montgomery County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Montgomery County, 2022 to 2024.
In Montgomery County, 54% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 41% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (54%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (72%)
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 Montgomery County compares with nearby counties
Montgomery County has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest counties. Austin County and San Jacinto County have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Montgomery County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Montgomery County is safer than 62% of them.
Walkability, jobs and density in Montgomery County
Two things set Montgomery County apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (8 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 7% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it 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. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 88% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 76% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 73% of Americans
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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 Montgomery County: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 72% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 62% of Americans
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.82% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 59% of Americans
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 Montgomery County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Montgomery County about $861 a year per household, 29% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $189 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 $557 million a year, or $815 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$20 million
$29
Rape
$24 million
$36
Robbery
$4.6 million
$7
Assault
$66 million
$97
Burglary
$10 million
$15
Theft
$32 million
$47
Vehicle theft
$15 million
$22
Arson
$230,000
under $1
Vandalism
$16 million
$23
Total
$189 million
$277
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 Montgomery County 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 Montgomery County, TX average a SchoolGrade of B+: 52% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Montgomery County on SchoolGrade
