Crime in Tiki Island, TX

Tiki Island is a village of 1,200 in Galveston County, about 40 miles southeast of downtown Houston · Updated November 2026

Is Tiki Island, TX safe?

Yes, crime in Tiki Island is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Tiki Island sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here.

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Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 867 of 1,000
About as safe as the typical US neighborhood What this means

57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tiki Island as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tiki Island scores 867.

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.

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Violent crimeSafety score 865 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhood
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Property crimeSafety score 870 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of Tiki Island

Map of Tiki Island shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
Click the map to explore
F D C B A+
Highest crime Safest
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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 Tiki Island, TX at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tiki Island, 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


Crime rates and types in Tiki Island

CrimeGrade™ estimates Tiki Island has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% less than the US as a whole and 26% 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.

Theft is the most common crime in Tiki Island, about 52% of everything reported.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderA+under 1under 0.010.05
RapeB+under 10.250.38
RobberyAunder 10.090.62
AssaultA-86.712.3
Property crime
BurglaryA21.92.4
TheftA-1916.013.1
Vehicle theftA+43.22.7
ArsonA+under 10.030.12
VandalismA+32.75.5

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.

The Tiki Island Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 count of theft, so CrimeGrade™ built the figure from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024.

Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.


How Tiki Island compares with nearby cities

Tiki Island has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Santa Fe and Jamaica Beach have less.

Nearby cities

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Tiki IslandA867AA1,200
Bayou Vista 2 milesA-843AA-1,790
Galveston 6 milesB+707BA-53,000
La Marque 7 milesC+532CB+19,700
Hitchcock 7 milesA-791A-A-8,820
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Texas City 7 milesB624B-B+49,400
Jamaica Beach 9 milesA902AA1,200
Santa Fe 12 milesA905AA23,200
San Leon 13 milesB+727BA6,630
Dickinson 14 milesA-782B+A-31,200
Bacliff 15 milesB-586C+A-9,790

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Tiki Island. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Tiki Island has more crime than 96% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Tiki IslandA867AA1,200
Crosby, NDA+995A+A+1,200
Rollingstone, MNA+985A+A+1,200
Metamora, OHA+970A+A+1,200
Aroda, VAA+969A+A+1,200
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Dublin, INA+964A+A+1,200
Ludlow Center, MAA+959A+A+1,200
Riverdale, MIA+953A+A+1,200
Pendleton, KYA+951A+A+1,200
Hineston, LAA+950A+A+1,200
Jamaica Beach, TXA902AA1,200

What crime costs Tiki Island

Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Tiki Island about $640 a year per household, 47% 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 $830,000 a year, or $692 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$14,000$11
Rape$18,000$15
Robbery$3,500$3
Assault$110,000$92
Burglary$21,000$17
Theft$98,000$82
Vehicle theft$59,000$50
Arson$810$1
Vandalism$23,000$19
Total$350,000$290

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 Tiki Island 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data


Schools in Tiki Island

Schools in Tiki Island, TX average a SchoolGrade of D-: 34% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Tiki Island on SchoolGrade