San Benito, TX Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D
Property Crime Grade	D
Other Crime Grade	C-

Which crimes are included?

$13.4 million

Cost of Crime™ for San Benito, TX

In 2025, violent crime will cost $928 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of San Benito with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The D grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in San Benito against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. San Benito sits in the 16th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 16% of cities and behind 84%. The grade covers only San Benito's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in San Benito is 5.511 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the south part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 127 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 276 in the south.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of San Benito, TX report the most violent crime, about 62 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 19 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in San Benito, TX

The tangible cost of violent crime in San Benito is projected at $13,433,667 for 2025, about $269 per resident and $928 per household. That equals 1.4% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 47.4%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 37.7%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.8%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in San Benito Compared to Other Cities?

San Benito, TX:	$269
Massey Lake, TX:	$704
Timberwood Park, TX:	$85
Texas:	$305
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $269 per resident each year in San Benito, which is $10 more than the national average and $36 less than Texas's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to San Benito:

In Massey Lake, TX, crime costs $704 per person, which is $435 more than in San Benito.
In Timberwood Park, TX, crime costs $85 per person, which is $184 less than in San Benito

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for San Benito, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to San Benito	Cost per San Benito Resident
Murder	$3.67 million	$73
Rape/Sexual Assault	$3.44 million	$69
Robbery	$1.14 million	$23
Assault	$5.19 million	$104
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$13,433,667	$269

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in San Benito, TX

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in San Benito totals $42,789,466 ($856 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $56,223,133 ($1,125 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in San Benito, TX, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the central part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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San Benito Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 San Benito residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	3.615
Robbery	0.7221
Rape	1.135
Murder	0.0391
Total Violent Crime	5.511 (D)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in San Benito is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to San Benito.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Laureles, TX	B+	C-	A+
La Paloma, TX	C	D+	C
Landrum, TX	D-	D-	D
Villa Cavazos, TX	C	C	C
Rancho Viejo, TX	C-	D-	D+
Harlingen, TX	D-	D-	D-
Indian Lake, TX	C-	D+	C-
Rangerville, TX	D+	D+	D
Los Indios, TX	F	F	F
Lozano, TX	D+	D	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

San Benito is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Bedford, TX	D+	C	C
Bel Air South, MD	B+	B	B
Bloomfield Hills, MI	B	B-	B-
Lawrence, IN	B-	C	C
Yorktown, VA	B	A-	A-
Marion, OH	C	C+	C+
Milford, CT	C-	A+	A+
Morrisville, PA	B+	B+	B+
New Castle, PA	B+	B-	B-
Ocoee, FL	B+	B	B

Considering only the violent crime rate, San Benito is less safe than the Texas state average and less safe than the national average.

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