Westchase, Houston, TX Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Westchase is a neighborhood of 70,900 residents in Houston, about 10 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Westchase?
Westchase grades D+ for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live. Assaults make up 86% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Houston as a whole grades C- for violent crime.
D+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 307 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
9% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Westchase as a whole, and 91% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Westchase scores 307.
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 Westchase, Houston, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Westchase in Houston, 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 Westchase
Robberies run high. Westchase has robberies at more than triple the US rate: 3.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
How Westchase compares within Houston
Violent crime varies widely across Westchase: 30% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 58% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Westchase run from A to F.
30%12%58%
A or B 30%C 12%D or F 58%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Westchase has less violent crime than 29 of the 63 neighborhoods in Houston. It covers much of the Sugarland, Meyerland, and Westchase areas and the West Houston, Spring Branch, and Galleria-Uptown areas.
Is violent crime going up in Houston?
Reported violent crime in Houston as a whole peaked in 2020 and has fallen 14% since, back near its 2019 level. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 11 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Houston. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Houston
Violent, US
2016
-6%
+4%
2017
+1%
+4%
2018
-5%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+18%
+4%
2021
+14%
+6%
2022
+4%
+5%
2023
-1%
+2%
2024
+1%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Westchase
CrimeGrade™ estimates Westchase has about 33 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 21% more than Houston 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 Westchase, about 86% 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 Houston
The Houston Police Department polices Westchase; these figures cover Houston as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Houston as a whole, 54% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 38% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (54%)
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 Westchase and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Westchase, 8 have less violent crime. West University and Greater Memorial have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Westchase. 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, Westchase has more violent crime than 77% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Westchase apart: it has 1.0 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 72 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more assault and robbery, and they run high here.
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 82% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.72 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 81% 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.C+ (47 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Westchase: C (33 of 100).16 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 65% 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 Westchase
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Westchase about $242 million a year, or $3,410 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $53 million, or $754 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
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.
