Vehicle Theft per Capita in Houston
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Houston residents.
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Houston residents.
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Vehicle Theft costs the average Houston resident about $2 per year.
Crime Grade's vehicle theft map shows the safest places in Houston in green. The most dangerous areas in Houston are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The A+ grade means the rate of vehicle theft is much lower than the average US city. Houston is in the 98th percentile for safety, meaning 2% of cities are safer and 98% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Houston's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of vehicle theft in Houston is 0.1004 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Houston generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in Houston may be as high as 1 in 6,543 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 10,701 in the southwest part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more vehicle theft occurs in the southwest parts of Houston, FL: about 0 per year. The northeast part of Houston has fewer cases of vehicle theft with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the vehicle theft rate in Houston to the Florida state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Houston, FL: | 0.1004 |
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| Florida: | 0.9436 |
| USA: | 2.785 |
Considering only the vehicle theft rate, Houston is safer than the Florida state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Vehicle Theft is projected to cost the residents of Houston about $4,780 in 2025, or roughly $2 per resident. This is part of Houston's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Houston, including every crime type and how Houston compares to other cities.
Remember that vehicle theft rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Houston's crime maps on the Houston overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
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A | B+ | A- | A+ | |
C+ | B+ | D | A | |
A+ | A- | A+ | A+ | |
B | C+ | C+ | A+ | |
B- | B- | C | A+ | |
B | B | C | A+ | |
A+ | B+ | A | A+ | |
A | B+ | B+ | A+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | A+ | |
B | C- | C | B |
Houston is lower versus other cities of the same size for vehicle theft. The table below compares vehicle theft in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
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B | B | B | C- | |
F | F | F | F | |
B+ | B- | B- | B- | |
C+ | B- | B- | C- | |
C- | C- | C- | C+ | |
B+ | A | A | F | |
B+ | C+ | C+ | C | |
C+ | B+ | B+ | D | |
C+ | D+ | D+ | D- | |
C- | C | C | C |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Houston, FL average SchoolGrade of B+, with 49% actual proficiency versus 46% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See Houston schools on SchoolGrade
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