Memorial Heights, San Antonio, TX Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Memorial Heights is a neighborhood of 4,000 residents in San Antonio, about 4 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Memorial Heights?

Memorial Heights grades D- for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 94% of Americans live. Assaults make up 93% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. San Antonio as a whole grades C+ for violent crime.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 111 of 1,000
More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoods What this means

6% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Memorial Heights as a whole, and 94% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Memorial Heights scores 111.

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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 31 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoods
F
Property crimeSafety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Memorial Heights

Map of Memorial Heights shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Memorial Heights, San Antonio, TX at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Memorial Heights in San Antonio, 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


Violent crime rates and types in Memorial Heights

CrimeGrade™ estimates Memorial Heights has about 30 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 44% more than San Antonio as a whole.

All violent crime

Assaults

Robbery

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.

Assault is the most common violent crime in Memorial Heights, about 93% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderDunder 10.110.05
RapeF51.10.38
RobberyD40.910.62
AssaultD-11228.112.3

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in San Antonio

The San Antonio Police Department polices Memorial Heights; these figures cover San Antonio as a whole, 2022 to 2024.

In San Antonio as a whole, 61% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 44% of them.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
RobberyStores and businesses (44%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assaultHomes (61%)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.


Violent crime in Memorial Heights and nearby neighborhoods

Memorial Heights has less violent crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Memorial HeightsD-111F4,000
Loma Park 1 mileF53F5,030
University Park-San Antonio 1 mileD223F5,800
Community Workers Council 1 mileF0F5,950
Donaldson Terrace 2 milesC-357D3,790
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Third World 1 mileD167F4,740
Los Jardines 1 mileD-79F5,820
Las Palmas 1 mileD-96F3,060
Culebra Park 2 milesD198D-5,840
Prospect Hill 2 milesF0F24,300
Jefferson-Woodlawn Lake 2 milesD+288D6,350

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Memorial Heights. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Memorial Heights has more violent crime than 81% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Memorial HeightsD-111F4,000
Squak Mountain, Issaquah, WAA+939A-3,990
Hunter's Ridge, Fontana, CAA+939A4,000
Second Creek, Mobile, ALA895A3,990
Sparr Heights, Glendale, CAA884A-4,000
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Greens of McKinney, McKinney, TXA876A3,990
Embrey Mill, Stafford, VAA-845A4,010
Catonsville Heights, Catonsville, MDB+734B-3,990
Downtown Phoenix, Phoenix, AZC411C+4,010
West Central, Springfield, MOF0F4,000
Lasalle College Park, Detroit, MIF0F3,990

Jobs, density and walkability in Memorial Heights

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Memorial Heights apart: it has 2 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery.

JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.2 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.23% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 assault. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.8% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 58% of residents of US city neighborhoods

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 violent crime costs Memorial Heights

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Memorial Heights about $12 million a year, or $2,881 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $2.5 million, or $617 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year


How CrimeGrade™ works

The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.

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.

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