San Angelo is a city of 106,200 in Tom Green County and the main city of the San Angelo metro area, home to 121,000 · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in San Angelo?
San Angelo earns an A- for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Assaults make up 97% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 820 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
41% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than San Angelo as a whole, and 59% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. San Angelo scores 820.
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.
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 San Angelo, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in San Angelo, 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 about violent crime in San Angelo
Robberies are less common than the crime level suggests. Violent crime in San Angelo runs 52% above the US rate, but robberies run at less than half that rate: 0.19 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
Simple assaults run high for a city with an A for violent crime. San Angelo has 18.2 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for violent crime, the figure is 5.9.
One part of San Angelo stands out for aggravated assault. Aggravated assaults in Santa Rita & Central, in central San Angelo, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in San Angelo
Most of San Angelo grades well for violent crime: 89% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 2% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across San Angelo run from A+ to D-.
89%
A or B 89%C 9%D or F 2%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Southland, Bonham & College Hills, southwestAggravated assaults run at about half the rate in the rest of San Angelo.A904
2Reagan, northeastClose to the rest of San Angelo on most crimes.A-831
3Rio Vista, southClose to the rest of San Angelo on most crimes.A-814
4Angelo Heights, westClose to the rest of San Angelo on most crimes.A-809
5Fort Concho & Belaire, eastAggravated assaults run about 60% higher here than in the rest of San Angelo.B+693
6Blackshear, northAggravated assaults run about 90% higher here than in the rest of San Angelo.B-604
7Santa Rita & Central, centralSimple assaults run at about double the rate in the rest of San Angelo.B-576
Neighborhood areas of San Angelo, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is violent crime going up in San Angelo?
Reported violent crime in San Angelo has fallen 46% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.0 to 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 25%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
San AngeloUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves San Angelo. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, San Angelo
Violent, US
2016
-6%
+4%
2017
-26%
+4%
2018
-6%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-3%
+4%
2021
-10%
+6%
2022
-15%
+5%
2023
-28%
+2%
2024
-46%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in San Angelo
CrimeGrade™ estimates San Angelo has about 20 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 52% more than the US as a whole and 35% more than Texas.
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 San Angelo, about 97% of the total.
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 Angelo
San Angelo has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In San Angelo, 59% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at homes: 36% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Homes (36%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
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 San Angelo and nearby cities
San Angelo has the most violent crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from San Angelo. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, San Angelo has more violent crime than 58% of them.
San Angelo looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with violent crime.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for San Angelo: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
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 68% of US city residents
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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 60% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.41 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 52% of US city residents
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 San Angelo
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs San Angelo about $106 million a year, or $1,002 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $29 million, or $274 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 73% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$7.3 million
$69
Rape
$2.1 million
$20
Robbery
$640,000
$6
Assault
$19 million
$179
Total
$29 million
$274
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
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.
