Pharr is a city of 80,100 in Hidalgo County, about 3 miles southeast of downtown McAllen · Updated November 2026
Is Pharr, TX safe?
Yes, crime in Pharr is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Pharr sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 46% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pharr run from A to B, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 819 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pharr as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pharr scores 819.
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 Pharr, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pharr, 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 Pharr
Car thefts are uncommon. Pharr has car thefts at less than half the US rate: 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen at homes more often than nationally. In Pharr, 57% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Pharr
Every part of Pharr where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Pharr run from A to B; 37% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Pharr, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Pharr?
Reported crime in Pharr has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 26% and property crime down 37%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.0 to 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 18 to 11 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 12% and property crime fell 24%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
PharrUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Pharr. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pharr
Violent, US
Property, Pharr
Property, US
2016
-1%
+4%
+30%
+15%
2017
-15%
+4%
+17%
+12%
2018
+2%
+0%
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+53%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
+6%
+6%
-11%
-10%
2022
-11%
+5%
-16%
-6%
2023
-15%
+2%
-17%
-7%
2024
-26%
-4%
-37%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pharr
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pharr has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 24% less than the US as a whole and 33% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Pharr is assault, about 43% of the total. It also makes up 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 Pharr
Pharr has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pharr, 78% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (78%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (65%)
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 Pharr compares with nearby cities
Pharr has the least crime of its 8 nearest cities.
One thing sets Pharr apart: it has 39% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery and car theft; here robbery and car theft sit near the national middle.
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 Pharr: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 78% 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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% 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.39% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Pharr on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Pharr
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Pharr about $1,030 a year per household, 15% less 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 $71 million a year, or $882 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.1 million
$39
Rape
$2.5 million
$31
Robbery
$700,000
$9
Assault
$9.5 million
$118
Burglary
$1.3 million
$16
Theft
$3.6 million
$45
Vehicle theft
$1.3 million
$16
Arson
$78,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.1 million
$26
Total
$24 million
$301
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 Pharr 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 Pharr, TX average a SchoolGrade of B+: 50% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Pharr on SchoolGrade
