Friendswood, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Friendswood, TX Summary

Crime in Friendswood research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Friendswood 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 Friendswood:

  • There were 263 total crimes committed in Friendswood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 645.2 total crimes per 100K people in Friendswood.
  • The overall crime rate in Friendswood is -69.56% below the national average.
  • Friendswood ranks #183 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Friendswood ranks #2,897 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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Friendswood Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Friendswood is 645.2 per 100,000 people. That's -69.56% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -73.45% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Friendswood
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 263 645.2 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 3 7.4 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 20 49.1 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 41 100.6 389.4 359.0
Burglary 21 51.5 284.3 229.0
Larceny 175 429.3 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 26 63.8 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 222 544.6 2,040.5 1,760.0

Friendswood 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 Friendswood

41
Violent Crimes
100.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-71.98%
Below The National Average
  • There were 41 violent crimes in Friendswood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Friendswood is 100.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 994.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Friendswood each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -71.98% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -74.17% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Friendswood

222
Property Crimes
544.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-69.06%
Below The National Average
  • There were 222 property crimes in Friendswood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Friendswood is 544.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 183.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Friendswood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -69.06% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -73.31% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Friendswood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Pearland, TX 128,322 1,971 1,536.0 1,440.1 95.9
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
Alvin, TX 29,144 543 1,863.2 1,633.3 229.9
Dickinson, TX 21,962 279 1,270.4 1,056.4 214.0
Manvel, TX 20,555 240 1,167.6 1,080.0 87.6
West University Place, TX 14,720 154 1,046.2 991.8 54.3
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
Galena Park, TX 10,136 91 897.8 789.3 108.5

Friendswood SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
4
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