The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Webb County, TX
Webb County is almost entirely the city of Laredo: 269,300 residents · Updated November 2026
Is Webb County, TX safe?
Yes, crime in Webb County is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Webb County sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Webb County run from A+ to C-, so check the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 868 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Webb County as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Webb County scores 868.
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 Webb County, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Webb 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 Webb County
Robbery stands out among A-graded counties. For the typical resident of an A-graded US county, the figure is 0.19 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Webb County has 0.48.
The safest and least safe parts of Webb County
Low crime is the norm across Webb County: 94% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Webb County run from A+ to C-; 35% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
94%
A or B 94%C 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the northeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Webb County?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Webb County is up 13% and property crime is down 19%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.2 to 3.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 18 to 15 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Webb CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Webb County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Webb County
Violent, US
Property, Webb County
Property, US
2016
+12%
+4%
+68%
+15%
2017
+0%
+4%
+37%
+12%
2018
+9%
+0%
+35%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+8%
+4%
-14%
-8%
2021
+0%
+6%
-29%
-10%
2022
+0%
+5%
-27%
-6%
2023
+32%
+2%
-24%
-7%
2024
+13%
-4%
-19%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Webb County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Webb County has about 34 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 9% less than the US as a whole and 19% 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 Webb County, about 40% 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 Webb County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Webb County, 2022 to 2024.
In Webb County, 65% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 39% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (65%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (52%)
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 Webb County compares with nearby counties
Webb County has more crime than 8 of its 9 nearest counties. Jim Hogg County and Brooks County have the least crime nearby.
One thing sets Webb County apart: it has 47% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 87% of Americans
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 Webb County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% 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. 64% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (28 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.47% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 85% of Americans
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 84% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.37 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 69% 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 Webb County
Crime costs Webb County about $1,339 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 11% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $105 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 $325 million a year, or $1,206 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$14 million
$51
Rape
$7.9 million
$29
Robbery
$4.0 million
$15
Assault
$43 million
$158
Burglary
$5.0 million
$19
Theft
$16 million
$58
Vehicle theft
$7.1 million
$27
Arson
$1.2 million
$4
Vandalism
$7.7 million
$28
Total
$105 million
$389
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 Webb 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 Webb County, TX average a SchoolGrade of A-: 53% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Webb County on SchoolGrade
