The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Sulphur Springs, TX
Sulphur Springs is a city of 18,100 in Hopkins County, about 30 miles east of Greenville · Updated November 2026
Is Sulphur Springs, TX safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Sulphur Springs: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A+ against A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 927 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sulphur Springs as a whole, and 24% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sulphur Springs scores 927.
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 Sulphur Springs, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sulphur Springs, 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 Sulphur Springs
Reported rape is the exception. Sulphur Springs grades A for violent crime, but reported rape grades B+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 70% of Americans live.
Thefts and acts of vandalism both run low. In Sulphur Springs, each runs at less than half the US rate: 5.5 thefts and 2.0 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Sulphur Springs
Every part of Sulphur Springs where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Sulphur Springs run from A+ to A-; 93% 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 Sulphur Springs, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Sulphur Springs?
Reported crime in Sulphur Springs has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 19% and property crime down 29%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.0 to 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 10 to 7.4 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Sulphur SpringsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Sulphur Springs. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Sulphur Springs
Violent, US
Property, Sulphur Springs
Property, US
2016
-10%
+4%
+53%
+15%
2017
-11%
+4%
+0%
+12%
2018
+13%
+0%
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+20%
+4%
+4%
-8%
2021
-36%
+6%
-22%
-10%
2022
-10%
+5%
-38%
-6%
2023
-26%
+2%
-27%
-7%
2024
-19%
-4%
-29%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Sulphur Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sulphur Springs has about 16 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 57% less than the US as a whole and 62% 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 Sulphur Springs, 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 Sulphur Springs compares with nearby cities
Sulphur Springs has the most crime of its 5 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Sulphur Springs. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Sulphur Springs is safer than 64% of them.
Shops, parking lots and walkability in Sulphur Springs
Two things set Sulphur Springs apart: it has 20.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 4.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.20.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 95% 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. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower 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.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 88% 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.10.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher 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 Sulphur Springs: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 Sulphur Springs
Crime costs Sulphur Springs about $555 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 54% 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 $13 million a year, or $739 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$720,000
$40
Rape
$630,000
$35
Robbery
$200,000
$11
Assault
$1.1 million
$61
Burglary
$130,000
$7
Theft
$520,000
$28
Vehicle theft
$240,000
$13
Arson
$13,000
$1
Vandalism
$250,000
$14
Total
$3.8 million
$210
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 Sulphur Springs 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 Sulphur Springs, TX average a SchoolGrade of B+: 49% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Sulphur Springs on SchoolGrade
