Sugar Land, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sugar Land, TX Summary

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

  • There were 1,842 total crimes committed in Sugar Land the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,705.7 total crimes per 100K people in Sugar Land.
  • The overall crime rate in Sugar Land is -26.61% below the national average.
  • Sugar Land ranks #389 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Sugar Land ranks #5,875 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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Sugar Land Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sugar Land is 1,705.7 per 100,000 people. That's -26.61% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -36.63% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sugar Land
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,842 1,705.7 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 33 30.6 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 52 48.2 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 97 89.8 446.5 369.8
Burglary 133 123.2 370.7 269.8
Larceny 1,497 1,386.3 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 115 106.5 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 1,745 1,615.9 2,245.0 1,954.4

Sugar Land 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 Sugar Land

97
Violent Crimes
89.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-75.71%
Below The National Average
  • There were 97 violent crimes in Sugar Land in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sugar Land is 89.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,113.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sugar Land each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -75.71% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -79.88% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sugar Land

1,745
Property Crimes
1,615.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-17.32%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,745 property crimes in Sugar Land in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sugar Land is 1,615.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sugar Land each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -17.32% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -28.02% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sugar Land

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Stafford, TX 17,110 972 5,680.9 5,166.6 514.3
Bellaire, TX 16,783 395 2,353.6 2,192.7 160.9
West University Place, TX 14,524 151 1,039.7 991.5 48.2
Richmond, TX 12,936 327 2,527.8 2,226.3 301.5
Meadows Place, TX 4,591 148 3,223.7 3,114.8 108.9

Sugar Land SnackAbility

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