Penitas, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Penitas, TX Summary

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

  • There were 75 total crimes committed in Penitas in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,192.0 total crimes per 100K people in Penitas.
  • The overall crime rate in Penitas is -43.75% below the national average.
  • Penitas ranks #341 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Penitas ranks #5,100 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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Penitas Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Penitas is 1,192.0 per 100,000 people. That's -43.75% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -50.94% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Penitas
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 75 1,192.0 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 1 15.9 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 5 79.5 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 8 127.1 389.4 359.0
Burglary 11 174.8 284.3 229.0
Larceny 52 826.4 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 4 63.6 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 67 1,064.8 2,040.5 1,760.0

Penitas 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 Penitas

8
Violent Crimes
127.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.58%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Penitas in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Penitas is 127.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 786.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Penitas each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.58% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -67.35% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Penitas

67
Property Crimes
1,064.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-39.50%
Below The National Average
  • There were 67 property crimes in Penitas in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Penitas is 1,064.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 93.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Penitas each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -39.50% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.81% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Penitas

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
McAllen, TX 148,017 2,939 1,985.6 1,835.6 150.0
Edinburg, TX 107,552 2,180 2,026.9 1,757.3 269.6
Mission, TX 87,777 1,174 1,337.5 1,148.4 189.1
Pharr, TX 80,604 1,095 1,358.5 1,136.4 222.1
Alton, TX 22,140 426 1,924.1 1,088.5 835.6
Palmview, TX 15,887 308 1,938.7 1,460.3 478.4
Hidalgo, TX 14,910 237 1,589.5 1,455.4 134.1

Penitas SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
4
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
3
Commute
9
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