The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Sweet Home, TX: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Sweet Home

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Sweet Home. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Sweet Home, TX Map of Crime Rates
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C

Overall Crime Grade™

C
C+
Other Crime Grade
D+

$147,944

Cost of Crime™ for Sweet Home, TX

In 2025, crime will cost $1,252 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Sweet Home with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Sweet Home, TX Safe?

The C overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Sweet Home's combined rate is slightly higher than the norm. Sweet Home sits in the 44th percentile, ahead of 44% of cities and behind 56%. The grade covers only Sweet Home's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Sweet Home is 26.19 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the west part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 37 in the east neighborhoods to 1 in 39 in the west.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Sweet Home, TX report the most crime, about 2 cases per year. The east part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Sweet Home, TX

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Sweet Home for 2025 is $147,944, about $496 per resident and $1,252 per household. That equals 1.6% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 52.6%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 34.6%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.7%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Sweet Home Compared to Other Cities?

Sweet Home, TX: $496
Mesquite, TX: $1155
Timberwood Park, TX: $173
Texas: $555
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Sweet Home is $496 per year, which is $32 more than the national average and $59 less than Texas's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Sweet Home:
  • In Mesquite, TX, crime costs $1,155 per person, which is $659 more than in Sweet Home.
  • In Timberwood Park, TX, crime costs $173 per person, which is $324 less than in Sweet Home

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Sweet Home for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Sweet Home
Cost per Sweet Home Resident
Murder
$61,404
$206
Rape/Sexual Assault
$16,681
$56
Robbery
$3,538
$12
Assault
$15,497
$52
Kidnapping
$2,002
$7
Vehicle Theft
$2,497
$8
Burglary
$10,881
$37
Theft
$11,419
$38
Arson
$626
$2
Vandalism
$13,109
$44
Animal Cruelty
$198
$1
Drug Crimes
$9,231
$31
Identity Theft
$858
$3
Total Cost of Crime
$147,944
$496

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Sweet Home, TX

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Sweet Home totals $491,806 ($1,650 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $639,750 ($2,147 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The city holds few retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of Sweet Home's 298 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Sweet Home Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Sweet Home residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
1.811
Robbery
0.3775
Rape
0.9232
Murder
0.1096
Total Violent Crime
3.221 (C)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
7.399
Vehicle Theft
0.5412
Burglary
4.026
Arson
0.0870
Total Property Crime
12.05 (C+)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.1108
Drug Crimes
4.188
Vandalism
6.158
Identity Theft
0.3721
Animal Cruelty
0.0897
Total "Other" Rate
10.92 (D+)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Sweet Home is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Sweet Home.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C-
C-
C-
C
C+
C
D+
D-
D+
C-
C
C-
C-
D+
C+
C-
D
C-
C+
C-
B-
C
B-
C-
C-
C
C-
D
C-
D

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Sweet Home is similar versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
B
A-
A-
C-
C
C
B-
C
C
A-
A
A
B+
C
C
D-
C-
C-
C-
C-
C-
A
A
A
D+
B
B
F
D+
D+

Considering only the crime rate, Sweet Home is safer than the Texas state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Sweet Home, TX average SchoolGrade of B, with 46% actual proficiency versus 42% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See Sweet Home schools on SchoolGrade

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