The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Schertz, TX
Schertz is a city of 39,500 in Guadalupe County, about 18 miles northeast of downtown San Antonio · Updated November 2026
Is Schertz, TX safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Schertz: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 63% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 889 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Schertz as a whole, and 37% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Schertz scores 889.
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 Schertz, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Schertz, 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 Schertz
Car thefts and thefts both run low. In Schertz, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.4 car thefts and 6.8 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Schertz
Every part of Schertz where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Schertz run from A to A-; 89% 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 Schertz, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Schertz?
Reported crime in Schertz has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 18% and property crime down 34%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.8 to 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 13 to 8.7 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
SchertzUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Schertz. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Schertz
Violent, US
Property, Schertz
Property, US
2016
+17%
+4%
+40%
+15%
2017
+33%
+4%
+30%
+12%
2018
+24%
+0%
+22%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-22%
+4%
-18%
-8%
2021
-54%
+6%
-34%
-10%
2022
-28%
+5%
-12%
-6%
2023
-11%
+2%
-27%
-7%
2024
-18%
-4%
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Schertz
CrimeGrade™ estimates Schertz has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% less than the US as a whole and 51% 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 Schertz, about 42% 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 Schertz
Schertz has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Schertz, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 52% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Homes (46%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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 Schertz compares with nearby cities
Schertz has less crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities; only Marion and Garden Ridge have less.
One thing sets Schertz apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (7 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and theft runs low here.
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. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (7 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 86% 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 Schertz: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.54 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 68% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 67% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 65% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Schertz 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 Schertz
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Schertz about $591 a year per household, 51% 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 $21 million a year, or $531 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$580,000
$15
Rape
$560,000
$14
Robbery
$190,000
$5
Assault
$3.6 million
$90
Burglary
$440,000
$11
Theft
$1.4 million
$35
Vehicle theft
$840,000
$21
Arson
$17,000
under $1
Vandalism
$560,000
$14
Total
$8.1 million
$205
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 Schertz 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 Schertz, TX average a SchoolGrade of B-: 47% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Schertz on SchoolGrade
