Baytown, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Baytown, TX Summary

Crime in Baytown research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Baytown over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Baytown:

  • There were 2,711 total crimes committed in Baytown in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,241.3 total crimes per 100K people in Baytown.
  • The overall crime rate in Baytown is 52.95% above the national average.
  • Baytown ranks #652 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Baytown ranks #8,804 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Baytown Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Baytown is 3,241.3 per 100,000 people. That's 52.95% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 33.39% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Baytown
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,711 3,241.3 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 6 7.2 5.2 5.0
Robbery 54 64.6 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 244 291.7 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 368 440.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 326 389.8 284.3 229.0
Larceny 1,641 1,962.0 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 376 449.6 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 2,343 2,801.3 2,040.5 1,760.0

Baytown Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Baytown

368
Violent Crimes
440.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
22.56%
Above The National Average
  • There were 368 violent crimes in Baytown in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Baytown is 440.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 227.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Baytown each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 22.56% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 12.99% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Baytown

2,343
Property Crimes
2,801.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
59.17%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,343 property crimes in Baytown in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Baytown is 2,801.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Baytown each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 59.17% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 37.29% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Baytown

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
La Porte, TX 37,572 425 1,131.2 958.2 173.0
Deer Park, TX 32,792 457 1,393.6 1,259.5 134.2
South Houston, TX 15,696 451 2,873.3 2,178.9 694.4
Seabrook, TX 13,687 209 1,527.0 1,300.5 226.5
Webster, TX 12,094 790 6,532.2 5,994.7 537.5
Mont Belvieu, TX 10,271 153 1,489.6 1,236.5 253.1
Galena Park, TX 10,136 91 897.8 789.3 108.5

Baytown SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
9.5
Safety
4
Amenities
9
Education
4
Commute
7
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