Crime in Scenic Oaks: the figures, without a grade
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 3 towns with grades of their own. Scenic Oaks has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Bexar County. The Bexar 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 Scenic Oaks alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Scenic Oaks
Policed by the county
Scenic Oaks is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Scenic Oaks. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Texas towns with their own police figures are Fair Oaks Ranch (A−, 3 mi), Boerne (B, 7 mi), Helotes (B+, 9 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Scenic Oaks. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Bexar County without police of their own, which include Scenic Oaks.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
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.
The nearest Texas towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Oaks Ranch | A− | 3 mi | 0.2 | 6.6 |
| Boerne | B | 7 mi | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| Helotes | B+ | 9 mi | 0.3 | 10.4 |
| Shavano Park | B | 11 mi | 0.5 | 11.8 |
| Hollywood Park | B− | 13 mi | 0.6 | 17.2 |
| Leon Valley | D− | 15 mi | 4.6 | 54.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Scenic Oaks. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Scenic Oaks.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Scenic Oaks’s roads in 2019–2023
Scenic Oaks had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (2 of 3) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Scenic Oaks’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Scenic Oaks’s own rate (5.7) 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.
Scenic Oaks and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | — | — | — |
| San Antonio | D− | 6.0 | 46.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cross Mountain is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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.
- 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 Scenic Oaks
Is Scenic Oaks, TX safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Scenic Oaks. The nearest Texas towns with a grade are Fair Oaks Ranch (A−, 3 mi), Boerne (B, 7 mi), Helotes (B+, 9 mi).
Who polices Scenic Oaks?
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. Scenic Oaks is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Bexar County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Scenic Oaks.
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.