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Alamo Heights, TX crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 33 per one thousand residents, Alamo Heights has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 30. Within Texas, more than 92% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Alamo Heights.

Importantly, when you compare Alamo Heights to other communities of similar population, then Alamo Heights crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Alamo Heights does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Alamo Heights does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Alamo Heights.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Alamo Heights's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Alamo Heights is one in 685.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Alamo Heights is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Alamo Heights, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 31, which is a rate of 32 per one thousand population.

Alamo Heights Crime Data

total Crime Index

8

(100 is safest)


Safer than 8% of U.S. cities.

Alamo Heights Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

11

240

251

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

1.46

31.87

33.33

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
1.46
4.32
National Median: 4
    Alamo Heights
    Texas

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 685

in Alamo Heights

1 in 232

in Texas

Alamo Heights Violent Crimes

Population: 7,530
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 3 3 5
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.40 0.40 0.66

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
31.87
23.0
National Median: 20
    Alamo Heights
    Texas

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 31

in Alamo Heights

1 in 43

in Texas

Property Crimes

Population: 7,530
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 25 202 13
Rate per 1,000 3.32 26.83 1.73

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Alamo Heights Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
136
28
National Median: 27.0
    Alamo Heights
    Texas

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