The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Tom Green County, TX
Tom Green County is home to 119,600 residents and includes San Angelo · Updated November 2026
Is Tom Green County, TX safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Tom Green County is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Tom Green County sits near the middle: 54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Tom Green County run from A+ to D+, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 854 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tom Green County as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tom Green County scores 854.
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 Tom Green County, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tom Green County, 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 Tom Green County
Robberies are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Tom Green County runs 29% above the US rate, but robberies run at a small fraction of that rate: 0.18 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
Burglary stands out among A-graded counties. For the typical resident of an A-graded US county, the figure is 1.4 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Tom Green County has 3.4.
Car thefts are uncommon. Tom Green County has car thefts at about half the US rate: 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Tom Green County
Low crime is the norm across Tom Green County: 92% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Tom Green County run from A+ to D+; 37% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
92%
A or B 92%C 7%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Tom Green County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Grape Creek area has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Tom Green County?
Reported crime in Tom Green County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 42% and property crime down 26%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.6 to 2.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 29 to 22 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 23%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Tom Green CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Tom Green County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Tom Green County
Violent, US
Property, Tom Green County
Property, US
2016
-6%
+4%
+59%
+15%
2017
-27%
+4%
+42%
+12%
2018
-7%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
-6%
+6%
-18%
-10%
2022
-10%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
-24%
+2%
-21%
-7%
2024
-42%
-4%
-26%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Tom Green County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tom Green County has about 48 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 29% more than the US as a whole and close to 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Tom Green County is assault, about 39% of the total. It also makes up 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 Tom Green County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Tom Green County, 2022 to 2024.
In Tom Green County, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 51% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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 Tom Green County compares with nearby counties
Tom Green County has the most crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Tom Green County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Tom Green County has more crime than 74% of them.
Transit, empty homes and walkability in Tom Green County
One thing sets Tom Green County apart: it has 7% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery, and it runs low here.
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 Tom Green County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.9.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% of Americans
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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 57% of Americans
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 80% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 72% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.40 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 61% of Americans
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 Tom Green County
Crime costs Tom Green County about $1,164 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $54 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $141 million a year, or $1,179 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$8.0 million
$67
Rape
$2.8 million
$23
Robbery
$680,000
$6
Assault
$20 million
$169
Burglary
$3.7 million
$31
Theft
$10 million
$86
Vehicle theft
$2.3 million
$19
Arson
$140,000
$1
Vandalism
$6.2 million
$52
Total
$54 million
$455
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 Tom Green County 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 Tom Green County, TX average a SchoolGrade of C: 44% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Tom Green County on SchoolGrade
