Kemah records more property crime per head than nine in ten U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 50% from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 3.3 violent crimes and 29.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes Kemah’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #413 of 471 graded towns in Texas. Both 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 Kemah
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Texas towns on Kemah’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: League City (B), Seabrook (B−). Clear Lake Shores reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Bacliff is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Kemah has 2,406 jobs based in town for 3,097 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read 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 Kemah’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. Its violent rate (3.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Kemah property | Rest of Texas property | Kemah violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42.4 | 27.3 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 38.1 | 26.3 | 6.2 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 33.9 | 23.9 | 2.4 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 19.8 | 20.6 | 2.5 | 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.
Crime in Kemah 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Kemah | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Kemah’s police reported 26 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
72 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.
8 violent and 64 property, as reported to the FBI by Kemah’s police.
No one died in a crash on Kemah’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Texas towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Kemah’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Kemah’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Kemah and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kemah | D | 3.3 | 29.1 |
| Clear Lake Shores | — | — | — |
| Bacliff | — | — | — |
| League City | B | 0.9 | 11.5 |
| Seabrook | B− | 2.1 | 11.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Clear Lake Shores reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Bacliff is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kemah | D | 3.3 | 29.1 |
| Haskell | A | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| San Saba | A− | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| Needville | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Montgomery | B− | 1.1 | 15.0 |
| Early | C | 4.7 | 11.3 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Kemah’s population (3,097), 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 Kemah. 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 Kemah’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,232 in 2025); our figure for Kemah is 3,097 (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 Kemah
Is Kemah, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kemah reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #413 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 3.3 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 Kemah?
3.3 violent and 29.1 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 Kemah safer than League City?
League City reports less crime per resident than Kemah: League City grades B for safety and Kemah D. League City’s police reported 0.9 violent and 11.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kemah?
Kemah’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kemah”. 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.