La Porte, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In La Porte, TX Summary

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

  • There were 425 total crimes committed in La Porte in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,131.2 total crimes per 100K people in La Porte.
  • The overall crime rate in La Porte is -46.62% below the national average.
  • La Porte ranks #324 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • La Porte ranks #4,889 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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La Porte Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in La Porte is 1,131.2 per 100,000 people. That's -46.62% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -53.45% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
La Porte
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 425 1,131.2 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 2 5.3 5.2 5.0
Robbery 4 10.6 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 52 138.4 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 65 173.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 34 90.5 284.3 229.0
Larceny 287 763.9 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 39 103.8 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 360 958.2 2,040.5 1,760.0

La Porte 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 La Porte

65
Violent Crimes
173.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-51.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 65 violent crimes in La Porte in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in La Porte is 173.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 578.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in La Porte each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -51.81% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -55.57% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In La Porte

360
Property Crimes
958.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-45.56%
Below The National Average
  • There were 360 property crimes in La Porte in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in La Porte is 958.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 104.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in La Porte each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -45.56% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -53.04% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around La Porte

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Pasadena, TX 145,199 4,237 2,918.1 2,351.9 566.1
Pearland, TX 128,322 1,971 1,536.0 1,440.1 95.9
Baytown, TX 83,639 2,711 3,241.3 2,801.3 440.0
Friendswood, TX 40,763 263 645.2 544.6 100.6
Deer Park, TX 32,792 457 1,393.6 1,259.5 134.2
Dickinson, TX 21,962 279 1,270.4 1,056.4 214.0
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
Santa Fe, TX 13,055 107 819.6 735.4 84.3
Galena Park, TX 10,136 91 897.8 789.3 108.5

La Porte SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
9
Safety
7
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
6
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