Photo: Patrick Feller · CC BY 2.0Baytown reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Baytown’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #418 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 Baytown
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Texas towns on Baytown’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Mont Belvieu (C+), Houston (D−). Beach City has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Highlands is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Baytown’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
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| Year | Baytown property | Rest of Texas property | Baytown violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39.1 | 27.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 33.2 | 26.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 28.0 | 23.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 23.7 | 20.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 24 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Baytown’s police reported 1,053 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Baytown | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
2,381 crimes reported in 2025
342 violent and 2,039 property, as reported to the FBI by Baytown’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
68 people died in crashes on Baytown’s roads in 2019–2023
Baytown had 63 fatal crashes in five years, in which 68 people died; 15 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 13 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 16.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.1, 88 towns).
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.
Baytown and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baytown | D | 4.2 | 28.3 |
| Beach City | — | — | — |
| Mont Belvieu | C+ | 1.8 | 14.3 |
| Highlands | — | — | — |
| Houston | D− | 10.4 | 42.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Beach City has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Highlands is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Baytown. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Baytown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (86,149 in 2025); our figure for Baytown is 86,561 (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 Baytown
Is Baytown, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Baytown reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #418 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 4.2 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 Baytown?
4.2 violent and 28.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Baytown?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Baytown in 2025?
Baytown’s police reported 7 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 8.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Baytown safer than Mont Belvieu?
Mont Belvieu reports less crime per resident than Baytown: Mont Belvieu grades C+ for safety and Baytown D. Mont Belvieu’s police reported 1.8 violent and 14.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Baytown?
Baytown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Baytown”. 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.