Trolley Stop in Alamo Heights · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Alamo Heights records less violence than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Each year brought 0.8 violent crime and 24.3 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas). Overall, it grades C for safety (#287 of 471 graded towns in Texas).
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TX” is every other Texas city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Alamo Heights
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Texas towns on Alamo Heights’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Terrell Hills (B−). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Alamo Heights’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Alamo Heights’ grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Alamo Heights | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Alamo Heights’ police reported 18 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Alamo Heights per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Alamo Heights property | Rest of Texas property | Alamo Heights violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.4 | 27.3 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 23.0 | 26.3 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 29.3 | 23.9 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
163 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 156 property, as reported to the FBI by Alamo Heights’ police.
One person died in crashes on Alamo Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Alamo Heights had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Alamo Heights’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Alamo Heights’s own rate (2.7) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Alamo Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Heights | C | 0.8 | 24.3 |
| Terrell Hills | B− | 0.4 | 15.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Heights | C | 0.8 | 24.3 |
| Seminole | B | 2.1 | 8.0 |
| Alvarado | C+ | 3.2 | 10.7 |
| Hitchcock | C | 3.7 | 15.7 |
| Willis | C− | 3.7 | 23.4 |
| Jersey Village | C− | 2.4 | 28.1 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Alamo Heights’ population (7,632), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Alamo Heights. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Alamo Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,603 in 2025); our figure for Alamo Heights is 7,632 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Alamo Heights
Is Alamo Heights, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Alamo Heights reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #287 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 0.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Alamo Heights?
0.8 violent and 24.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Alamo Heights safer than Terrell Hills?
Terrell Hills reports less crime per resident than Alamo Heights: Terrell Hills grades B− for safety and Alamo Heights C. Terrell Hills’s police reported 0.4 violent and 15.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Alamo Heights?
Alamo Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Alamo Heights”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.