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Safety in Ratamosa · Not graded

No grade for Ratamosa, but its recorded crime is here

The closest Safety Grade belongs to La Feria: C. Ratamosa has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Cameron County. The Cameron County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Ratamosa alone, and no Safety Grade.

Violent crimes
251
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Property crimes
794
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Nearest graded town
3 mi
La Feria (C)
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Ratamosa

Policed by the county

Ratamosa is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓

Counts, not rates

The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Ratamosa. County police ↓

The nearest graded towns

The closest Texas towns with their own police figures are La Feria (C, 3 mi), Mercedes (D, 5 mi), Combes (B−, 8 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ratamosa. Nearest ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.

Who reports for Ratamosa

What the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office reports

Cameron County Sheriff’s Office

Reports to the FBI for the parts of Cameron County without police of their own, which include Ratamosa.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

2025 offenses reported by the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office

Larceny / theft451
Burglary143
Vehicle theft200
Aggravated assault196
Robbery12
Rape40
Homicide3
Arson13

Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.

Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Texas towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
La FeriaC3 mi3.716.1
MercedesD5 mi4.327.8
CombesB−8 mi1.711.1
La VillaB−8 mi2.610.2
HarlingenC−9 mi2.725.8
WeslacoD9 mi3.933.6

Straight-line distance from the center of Ratamosa. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ratamosa.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Ratamosa’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 Ratamosa’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ratamosa’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Texas towns of 2,500–5,000: 5.8

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.

Next door

Ratamosa and its neighbors

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A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Ratamosa

Is Ratamosa, TX safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Ratamosa. The nearest Texas towns with a grade are La Feria (C, 3 mi), Mercedes (D, 5 mi), Combes (B−, 8 mi).

Who polices Ratamosa?

The Cameron County Sheriff’s Office. Ratamosa is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Cameron County without police of their own.

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.