La Joya, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In La Joya, TX Summary

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

  • There were 46 total crimes committed in La Joya the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 985.9 total crimes per 100K people in La Joya.
  • The overall crime rate in La Joya is -57.58% below the national average.
  • La Joya ranks #208 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • La Joya ranks #3,682 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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La Joya Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in La Joya is 985.9 per 100,000 people. That's -57.58% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -63.37% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
La Joya
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 46 985.9 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 17 364.3 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 22 471.5 446.5 369.8
Burglary 8 171.5 370.7 269.8
Larceny 16 342.9 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 0 0.0 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 24 514.4 2,245.0 1,954.4

La Joya Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In La Joya

22
Violent Crimes
471.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
27.50%
Above The National Average
  • There were 22 violent crimes in La Joya in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in La Joya is 471.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 212.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in La Joya each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 27.50% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 5.61% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In La Joya

24
Property Crimes
514.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-73.68%
Below The National Average
  • There were 24 property crimes in La Joya in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in La Joya is 514.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 194.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in La Joya each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -73.68% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -77.09% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around La Joya

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Los Lunas, NM 18,366 819 4,459.3 3,947.5 511.8
Bosque Farms, NM 4,099 67 1,634.5 1,317.4 317.2
Peralta, NM 3,432 48 1,398.6 1,049.0 349.7

La Joya SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
4
Affordability
5
Diversity
4
Safety
8
Amenities
7
Education
3
Commute
9
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