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Safety in Houston

Houston ranks T#111 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 17 — Quiet. That puts it in the 18th percentile nationally and #13 of 13 in Texas.

safety score
17
Quiet
National rank
T#111 of 134
In Texas
#13 of 13
Percentile
18th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Houston sits 33 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Houston

  1. #109 Honolulu, HI 19
  2. #110 Orlando, FL 18
  3. T#111 Houston, TX — this page 17
  4. T#113 Albuquerque, NM 16
  5. T#113 Nashville, TN 16

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Houston

Houston scores 41 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: