The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Porter, TX
Porter is a community of 46,400 in Montgomery County, about 25 miles north of downtown Houston · Updated November 2026
Is Porter, TX safe?
Yes, crime in Porter is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Porter sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 44% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Porter run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 807 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Porter as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Porter scores 807.
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 Porter, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Porter, 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 Porter
Reported rapes run high, though crime overall runs low. Crime overall in Porter runs 21% below the US rate, but reported rapes run 92% above it: 0.73 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
Burglary stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Porter has 2.3.
The safest and least safe parts of Porter
Every part of Porter where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Porter run from A to B; 29% 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 Porter, the west side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Crime rates and types in Porter
CrimeGrade™ estimates Porter has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% less than the US as a whole and 31% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Porter, 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.
How Porter compares with nearby cities
Porter has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Porter apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (5 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 3.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places that are hard to get around on foot tend to report less theft and assault, yet assault runs higher here than that would suggest.
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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 88% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 87% 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 Porter: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower 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.7.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 77% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Porter 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 Porter
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Porter about $1,076 a year per household, 11% 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 $45 million a year, or $967 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.4 million
$31
Rape
$2.0 million
$44
Robbery
$330,000
$7
Assault
$5.5 million
$119
Burglary
$970,000
$21
Theft
$2.3 million
$51
Vehicle theft
$1.0 million
$22
Arson
$14,000
under $1
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$26
Total
$15 million
$321
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 Porter 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 Porter, TX average a SchoolGrade of C: 45% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Porter on SchoolGrade
