The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pasadena, TX
Pasadena is a city of 151,000 in Harris County, about 13 miles southeast of downtown Houston · Updated November 2026
Is Pasadena, TX safe?
Crime in Pasadena is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Pasadena. Violent crime grades B and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pasadena run from A to D+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 678 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pasadena as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pasadena scores 678.
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 Pasadena, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pasadena, 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 Pasadena
One part of Pasadena stands out for robbery. Robberies in Ward Acres, Mount Vernon & Shaver Place, in west Pasadena, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Pasadena, 64% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Pasadena
Most of Pasadena grades well: 78% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Pasadena run from A to D+; 4% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
78%21%
A or B 78%C 21%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1South Houston Gardens, Clear Lake & Village Grove East, southeastRobberies run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Pasadena.A-809
2Bosque San Leon & Bayshore Park, southRobberies run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Pasadena.B680
3Houston Suburban Homes, eastCar thefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Pasadena.B647
4Downtown Pasadena, northwestClose to the rest of Pasadena on most crimes.B624
5Pasadina & Alta Vista Acres, southwestRobberies run at about double the rate in the rest of Pasadena.B-603
6Hubbell, centralCar thefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Pasadena.B-588
7Ward Acres, Mount Vernon & Shaver Place, westThefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Pasadena.C+537
Neighborhood areas of Pasadena, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Pasadena?
Reported violent crime in Pasadena peaked in 2021 and has fallen 15% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 12% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.8 to 5.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 26 to 23 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 11% and property crime fell 17%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
PasadenaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Pasadena. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pasadena
Violent, US
Property, Pasadena
Property, US
2016
-23%
+4%
+0%
+15%
2017
-21%
+4%
-5%
+12%
2018
-24%
+0%
-12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+0%
+4%
-9%
-8%
2021
+11%
+6%
-4%
-10%
2022
+7%
+5%
+7%
-6%
2023
+5%
+2%
+6%
-7%
2024
-6%
-4%
-12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pasadena
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pasadena has about 48 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% more than the US as a whole and 15% more 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Pasadena, about 37% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Pasadena
Pasadena has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pasadena, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 51% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (73%)
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 Pasadena compares with nearby cities
Pasadena has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Night lighting, parking lots and walkability in Pasadena
Two things set Pasadena apart: it has 3.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 37% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
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
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 91% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 68% 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.37% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 74% 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.7.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 70% 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 Pasadena: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 66% 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 Pasadena
Crime costs Pasadena about $1,692 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 40% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $87 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 $271 million a year, or $1,796 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$12 million
$77
Rape
$6.2 million
$41
Robbery
$3.6 million
$24
Assault
$33 million
$218
Burglary
$3.7 million
$24
Theft
$13 million
$85
Vehicle theft
$9.9 million
$65
Arson
$430,000
$3
Vandalism
$5.7 million
$38
Total
$87 million
$576
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 Pasadena 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 Pasadena, TX average a SchoolGrade of B-: 46% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Pasadena on SchoolGrade
