Port Neches has more violent crime per resident than two in three U.S. towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025. Weighing it all, Port Neches earns B− for safety (#174 of 471 graded towns in Texas), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. What’s more, the yearly rates were 2.5 violent crimes and 7.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 4.3 and 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 Neches
Port Neches reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Texas towns on Port Neches’ borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Nederland (C+), Groves (C+), Port Arthur (D). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Port Neches’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Port Neches’ grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.5) 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 | Port Neches | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Port Neches’ police reported 103 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 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 Port Neches 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
How crime in Port Neches has moved
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| Year | Port Neches property | Rest of Texas property | Port Neches violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.7 | 27.3 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 7.8 | 26.3 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 6.6 | 23.9 | 2.3 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 8.6 | 20.6 | 2.0 | 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.
146 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.
28 violent and 118 property, as reported to the FBI by Port Neches’ police.
Five people died in crashes on Port Neches’s roads in 2019–2023
Port Neches had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
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 Neches’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Port Neches’s own rate (7.3) 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 Neches and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Neches | B− | 2.5 | 7.7 |
| Port Arthur | D | 7.0 | 15.4 |
| Groves | C+ | 3.6 | 11.3 |
| Nederland | C+ | 2.5 | 11.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Neches | B− | 2.5 | 7.7 |
| Trophy Club | A | 0.2 | 3.5 |
| Santa Fe | B+ | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| Seabrook | B− | 2.1 | 11.9 |
| Andrews | C+ | 3.2 | 11.3 |
| Athens | C | 3.9 | 15.3 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Port Neches’ population (13,768), 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 Neches. 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 Neches’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,716 in 2025); our figure for Port Neches is 13,768 (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 Neches
Is Port Neches, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Port Neches reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #174 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 2.5 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 Neches?
2.5 violent and 7.7 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 Neches safer than Port Arthur?
Port Arthur reports more crime per resident than Port Neches: Port Arthur grades D for safety and Port Neches B−. Port Arthur’s police reported 7.0 violent and 15.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Port Neches?
Port Neches’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Port Neches”. 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.