Piney Point Village is a city of 5,240 in Harris County, about 9 miles west of downtown Houston · Updated November 2026
Is Piney Point Village, TX safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Piney Point Village has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Piney Point Village run from A to F, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 765 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Piney Point Village as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Piney Point Village scores 765.
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 Piney Point Village, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Piney Point Village, 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 Piney Point Village
One weak spot: burglary. It grades C+ in Piney Point Village, worse than in the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live, against B+ for property crime as a whole.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Piney Point Village, 59% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Piney Point Village
CrimeGrade™ estimates Piney Point Village has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% 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 is the most common crime in Piney Point Village, about 40% of everything reported, but assault 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 Piney Point Village
The Harris County Sheriff's Office polices Piney Point Village, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Piney Point Village, 44% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (59%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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 Piney Point Village compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Piney Point Village, 8 have less crime. Southside Place and Hedwig Village have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Piney Point Village. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Piney Point Village has more crime than 79% of them.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Piney Point Village
Two things set Piney Point Village apart: it has 15.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 9 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 96% 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 92% 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. 82% 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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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 Piney Point Village: C- (26 of 100).9 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 83% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 61% 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 Piney Point Village
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Piney Point Village about $952 a year per household, 21% 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 $6.5 million a year, or $1,239 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$230,000
$43
Rape
$160,000
$31
Robbery
$120,000
$23
Assault
$760,000
$145
Burglary
$280,000
$53
Theft
$450,000
$86
Vehicle theft
$150,000
$28
Arson
$14,000
$3
Vandalism
$170,000
$32
Total
$2.3 million
$443
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 Piney Point Village 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 Piney Point Village, TX average a SchoolGrade of B-: 51% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Piney Point Village on SchoolGrade
