The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Braunfels, TX
New Braunfels is a city of 141,500 in Comal County, about 30 miles northeast of downtown San Antonio · Updated November 2026
Is New Braunfels, TX safe?
Yes, crime in New Braunfels is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, New Braunfels sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within New Braunfels run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 869 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than New Braunfels as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. New Braunfels scores 869.
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 New Braunfels, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in New Braunfels, 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 New Braunfels
Car thefts are uncommon. New Braunfels has car thefts at less than half the US rate: 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of New Braunfels
Every part of New Braunfels where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across New Braunfels run from A+ to B; 76% 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.
Within New Braunfels, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in New Braunfels?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in New Braunfels is down 35%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.4 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 12 to 13 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
New BraunfelsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve New Braunfels. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, New Braunfels
Violent, US
Property, New Braunfels
Property, US
2016
+16%
+4%
+87%
+15%
2017
+0%
+4%
+33%
+12%
2018
+17%
+0%
+13%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-0%
+4%
+7%
-8%
2021
+2%
+6%
-1%
-10%
2022
-20%
+5%
+16%
-6%
2023
-40%
+2%
+1%
-7%
2024
-35%
-4%
+4%
-15%
Crime rates and types in New Braunfels
CrimeGrade™ estimates New Braunfels has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% less than the US as a whole and 38% 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 40% of crime reported in New Braunfels. 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 New Braunfels
New Braunfels has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In New Braunfels, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 37% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (62%)
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 New Braunfels compares with nearby cities
New Braunfels has more crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities. Sattler and Startzville have the least crime nearby.
Transit, walkability and night lighting in New Braunfels
One thing sets New Braunfels apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, yet assault runs higher here than that would suggest.
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 New Braunfels: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 80% 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.80% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 71% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 69% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 68% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.38 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 57% 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 New Braunfels
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs New Braunfels about $774 a year per household, 36% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $35 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 $93 million a year, or $655 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.9 million
$28
Rape
$2.0 million
$14
Robbery
$570,000
$4
Assault
$14 million
$96
Burglary
$1.8 million
$13
Theft
$7.5 million
$53
Vehicle theft
$2.5 million
$17
Arson
$79,000
$1
Vandalism
$3.3 million
$23
Total
$35 million
$249
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 New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels, TX average a SchoolGrade of B+: 52% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in New Braunfels on SchoolGrade
