Poteet, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Poteet, TX Summary

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

  • There were 48 total crimes committed in Poteet the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,616.2 total crimes per 100K people in Poteet.
  • The overall crime rate in Poteet is -30.46% below the national average.
  • Poteet ranks #369 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Poteet ranks #5,641 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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Poteet Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Poteet is 1,616.2 per 100,000 people. That's -30.46% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -39.95% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Poteet
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 48 1,616.2 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 33.7 6.6 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 8 269.4 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 9 303.0 446.5 369.8
Burglary 15 505.1 370.7 269.8
Larceny 19 639.7 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 5 168.4 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 39 1,313.1 2,245.0 1,954.4

Poteet 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 Poteet

9
Violent Crimes
303.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-18.06%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Poteet in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Poteet is 303.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 330.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Poteet each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -18.06% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -32.13% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Poteet

39
Property Crimes
1,313.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 39 property crimes in Poteet in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Poteet is 1,313.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 76.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Poteet each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.81% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -41.51% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Poteet

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
San Antonio, TX 1,465,608 87,223 5,951.3 5,068.7 882.6
Schertz, TX 43,162 564 1,306.7 1,163.1 143.6
Cibolo, TX 34,159 545 1,595.5 1,463.7 131.7
Converse, TX 29,503 603 2,043.9 1,667.6 376.2
Live Oak, TX 15,884 640 4,029.2 3,802.6 226.6
Leon Valley, TX 11,402 796 6,981.2 6,419.9 561.3
Pleasanton, TX 10,951 275 2,511.2 2,328.6 182.6
Jourdanton, TX 4,179 37 885.4 550.4 335.0
Lytle, TX 3,037 206 6,783.0 6,651.3 131.7
Somerset, TX 1,777 13 731.6 619.0 112.5

Poteet SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
5
Affordability
9
Diversity
6
Safety
7
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
8
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