On violent crime, San Juan has a higher rate per resident than 60% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 29% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Taking everything together, San Juan scores C+ (#226 of 471 graded towns in Texas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Recorded violent crimes ran at 2.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 13.2, 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 San Juan
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Texas towns on San Juan’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Pharr (C+). North Alamo and Lopezville are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
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 San Juan’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.2) 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. Its property rate (13.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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 | San Juan property | Rest of Texas property | San Juan violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.3 | 27.3 | 2.7 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 14.5 | 26.3 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 14.2 | 23.9 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 11.0 | 20.6 | 1.7 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | San Juan | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
San Juan’s police reported 238 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 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 San Juan 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.
481 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.
63 violent and 418 property, as reported to the FBI by San Juan’s police.
11 people died in crashes on San Juan’s roads in 2019–2023
San Juan had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 6 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
San Juan and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan | C+ | 2.2 | 13.2 |
| North Alamo | — | — | — |
| Lopezville | — | — | — |
| Pharr | C+ | 2.3 | 12.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Alamo and Lopezville are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan | C+ | 2.2 | 13.2 |
| Socorro | B | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| La Porte | B | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| Greenville | C+ | 2.2 | 12.5 |
| Farmers Branch | C− | 1.8 | 25.8 |
| Duncanville | C− | 3.1 | 21.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to San Juan’s population (37,868), 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 San Juan. 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 San Juan’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (37,852 in 2025); our figure for San Juan is 37,868 (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 San Juan
Is San Juan, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, San Juan reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #226 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 2.2 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 San Juan?
2.2 violent and 13.2 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.
How many homicides were there in San Juan in 2025?
San Juan’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 San Juan safer than Pharr?
Pharr reports less crime per resident than San Juan: Pharr grades C+ for safety and San Juan C+. Pharr’s police reported 2.3 violent and 12.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices San Juan?
San Juan’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “San Juan”. 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.