Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Corpus Christi records more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 12% from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 8.4 violent crimes and 29.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 4.2 and 23.5 in the rest of Texas. Add to that, the grade is D, built on crimes Corpus Christi’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #454 of 471 graded towns in Texas, and #267 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. 3 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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 Corpus Christi
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Texas towns on Corpus Christi’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Portland (B), Aransas Pass (C), Ingleside (C−), Port Aransas (D−). Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Corpus Christi’s police reported 13 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 6.3 per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the rest of Texas (6.0) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 1.5 times the rest of Texas
112 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (334 reported in 2025), 1.5 times the rest of Texas (74.6) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Corpus Christi reports less crime per resident than 18% (#267). Places like it ↓
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 Corpus Christi’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Crime in Corpus Christi 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 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Corpus Christi property | Rest of Texas property | Corpus Christi violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31.2 | 27.3 | 7.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 31.8 | 26.2 | 8.6 | 4.6 |
| 2024 | 30.1 | 23.8 | 8.6 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 27.5 | 20.5 | 7.9 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Corpus Christi | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.9 | 7.9 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Corpus Christi | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 112 | 89.1 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 116 | 84.0 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 116 | 77.8 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 105 | 62.5 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Corpus Christi’s police reported 13 homicides, 334 robberies and 2,513 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Texas and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
11,218 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.
2,513 violent and 8,705 property, as reported to the FBI by Corpus Christi’s police.
179 people died in crashes on Corpus Christi’s roads in 2019–2023
Corpus Christi had 171 fatal crashes in five years, in which 179 people died; 46 were pedestrians and 12 were cyclists. 17 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 11.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 100,000+ people (8.4, 43 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.
Corpus Christi and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corpus Christi | D | 8.4 | 29.8 |
| Portland | B | 1.3 | 10.9 |
| Ingleside | C− | 4.7 | 19.4 |
| Port Aransas | D− | 5.0 | 48.8 |
| Aransas Pass | C | 3.1 | 18.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corpus Christi | D | 8.4 | 29.8 |
| Plano | B− | 1.5 | 14.4 |
| Laredo | C | 3.7 | 13.2 |
| Irving | C− | 2.8 | 21.3 |
| Arlington | C− | 4.6 | 23.2 |
| Lubbock | D | 7.8 | 27.0 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Corpus Christi’s population (317,247), 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 Corpus Christi. 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 Corpus Christi’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (317,077 in 2025); our figure for Corpus Christi is 317,247 (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 Corpus Christi
Is Corpus Christi, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Corpus Christi reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #454 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 8.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Corpus Christi?
8.4 violent and 29.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.2 and 23.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Corpus Christi in 2025?
Corpus Christi’s police reported 13 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Corpus Christi safer than Portland?
Portland reports less crime per resident than Corpus Christi: Portland grades B for safety and Corpus Christi D. Portland’s police reported 1.3 violent and 10.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Corpus Christi?
Corpus Christi’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Corpus Christi”. 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.