Photo: Jim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0For recorded crime, La Porte sits in the middle of U.S. towns
The yearly rates were 1.7 violent crimes and 9.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. What’s more, la Porte’s Safety Grade, B (#144 of 471 graded towns in Texas), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns.
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 La Porte
La Porte reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Texas towns on La Porte’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Deer Park (B−), Pasadena (D). Shoreacres reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so La Porte’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 69% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 56% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind La Porte’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds La Porte’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.7) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | La Porte | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
La Porte’s police reported 191 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 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 La Porte 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 | La Porte property | Rest of Texas property | La Porte violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.3 | 27.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 26.3 | 2.0 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 9.6 | 23.9 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 9.6 | 20.6 | 1.3 | 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.
425 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.
52 violent and 373 property, as reported to the FBI by La Porte’s police.
21 people died in crashes on La Porte’s roads in 2019–2023
La Porte had 20 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 6 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 11.4 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.
La Porte and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Porte | B | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| Pasadena | D | 5.4 | 22.9 |
| Deer Park | B− | 1.2 | 12.7 |
| Shoreacres | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Shoreacres reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Porte | B | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| Socorro | B | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| Greenville | C+ | 2.2 | 12.5 |
| San Juan | C+ | 2.2 | 13.2 |
| Farmers Branch | C− | 1.8 | 25.8 |
| Duncanville | C− | 3.1 | 21.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to La Porte’s population (37,983), 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 La Porte. 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 La Porte’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (38,764 in 2025); our figure for La Porte is 37,983 (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 La Porte
Is La Porte, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, La Porte reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #144 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.7 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 La Porte?
1.7 violent and 9.3 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.
How many homicides were there in La Porte in 2025?
La Porte’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is La Porte safer than Pasadena?
Pasadena reports more crime per resident than La Porte: Pasadena grades D for safety and La Porte B. Pasadena’s police reported 5.4 violent and 22.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices La Porte?
La Porte’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “La Porte”. 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.