Photo: Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0Socorro sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Socorro grades B for safety (#137 of 471 graded towns in Texas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Socorro
Socorro reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Texas towns on Socorro’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: El Paso (C). San Elizario reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Socorro’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 71% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 57% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Socorro’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Socorro’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.1) 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
Socorro’s police reported 247 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Socorro | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Socorro property | Rest of Texas property | Socorro violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.4 | 27.4 | 2.2 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 7.5 | 26.3 | 2.2 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 8.1 | 23.9 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 6.9 | 20.6 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
380 crimes reported in 2025
105 violent and 275 property, as reported to the FBI by Socorro’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Eight people died in crashes on Socorro’s roads in 2019–2023
Socorro had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Texas towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Socorro’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Socorro’s own rate (4.3) 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.
Socorro and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socorro | B | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| El Paso | C | 3.0 | 14.8 |
| San Elizario | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. San Elizario reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socorro | B | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| Cibolo | B | 1.5 | 7.6 |
| La Porte | B | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| Hurst | C | 2.6 | 21.7 |
| Farmers Branch | C− | 1.8 | 25.8 |
| Duncanville | C− | 3.1 | 21.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Socorro’s population (38,787), by grade.
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 Socorro. 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 Socorro’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (39,719 in 2025); our figure for Socorro is 38,787 (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 Socorro
Is Socorro, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Socorro reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #137 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 2.1 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 Socorro?
2.1 violent and 7.5 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 crime going up or down in Socorro?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Socorro in 2025?
Socorro’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Socorro safer than El Paso?
El Paso reports more crime per resident than Socorro: El Paso grades C for safety and Socorro B. El Paso’s police reported 3.0 violent and 14.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Socorro?
Socorro’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Socorro”. 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.