Photo: lfwlfw / Bevo at English Wikipedia · Public domainPer resident, Port Isabel records more property crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
On crimes reported by Port Isabel’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #405 of 471 graded towns in Texas. Still, typical years here bring 3.0 violent crimes plus 29.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.3 plus 23.6 in the rest of 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 Port Isabel
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Texas towns on Port Isabel’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Brownsville (C−). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Port Isabel’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 (3.0) 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.
Crime in Port Isabel 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 | Port Isabel | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Port Isabel’s police reported 47 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Port Isabel property | Rest of Texas property | Port Isabel violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.3 | 27.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 27.2 | 26.3 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 38.3 | 23.9 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 22.4 | 20.6 | 3.0 | 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.
134 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.
16 violent and 118 property, as reported to the FBI by Port Isabel’s police.
No one died in a crash on Port Isabel’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Port Isabel’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Port Isabel’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.
Port Isabel and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Isabel | C− | 3.0 | 29.2 |
| Brownsville | C− | 4.2 | 18.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Isabel | C− | 3.0 | 29.2 |
| Bullard | A | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Horseshoe Bay | A− | 0.7 | 7.1 |
| La Joya | B− | 2.5 | 7.0 |
| Gilmer | C− | 3.4 | 22.6 |
| Center | D | 5.7 | 21.8 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Port Isabel’s population (5,302), 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 Port Isabel. 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 Port Isabel’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,259 in 2025); our figure for Port Isabel is 5,302 (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 Port Isabel
Is Port Isabel, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Port Isabel reports more crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #405 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 3.0 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 Port Isabel?
3.0 violent and 29.2 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 Port Isabel safer than Brownsville?
Brownsville reports less crime per resident than Port Isabel: Brownsville grades C− for safety and Port Isabel C−. Brownsville’s police reported 4.2 violent and 18.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Port Isabel?
Port Isabel’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Port Isabel”. 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.