Texas · City profile

Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Edinburg, TX

Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Edinburg, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.

City Safety Score 44/100 Grade C Modeled estimate · 0 to 100, higher is safer
Hidalgo County, Texas neighborhood Safety Score map (includes Edinburg)
CrimeScore public map Edinburg, TX · Overall Safety Score Open the full map

Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Edinburg. The map can include areas outside the city limits.

Is Edinburg, TX safe?

Edinburg, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 44 out of 100, grade C, below the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 35% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.

Safety Score
44 / 100
Residents in A or B neighborhoods
35%
Residents in D or F neighborhoods
37%
Scored neighborhoods
68

How Edinburg compares

Edinburg scores 9 points below the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.

Edinburg lies in Hidalgo County, which has a county Safety Score of 5, grade F.

County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Edinburg.

Neighborhoods inside Edinburg

68 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Edinburg, 53 of them mostly inside it. Among those 53, the lowest scores 3, the highest 84, and the middle 80% range from 6 to 71.

Safety Score, 0–100 · shaded band: 10th–90th percentiles · whiskers: lowest and highest

Edinburg

A 2% · B 32% · C 28% · D 13% · F 24%

Texas

A 25% · B 20% · C 20% · D 19% · F 16%

Estimated share of residents living in neighborhoods of each grade, in Edinburg and across Texas.

ZIP codes where Edinburg residents live

Listed by the estimated share of Edinburg's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.

ZIP codes where Edinburg, TX residents live
ZIPShare of city residentsSafety ScoreGradeScored areas
78539 40% 51 /100 Grade C 23
78541 33% 40 /100 Grade C 36
78542 27% 36 /100 Grade D 56

Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.

Closest cities in Texas

  1. McAllen Safety Score 58 · grade C · 6.6 miles
  2. San Juan Safety Score 52 · grade C · 7.1 miles
  3. Alton Safety Score 51 · grade C · 8.5 miles
  4. Pharr Safety Score 42 · grade C · 8.7 miles
  5. Alamo Safety Score 40 · grade C · 8.9 miles

Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.

About Edinburg

Edinburg has an estimated 108,733 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 44.7 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 68 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.

How this page is built

ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.

Area Watch

Watch this area

Watch this area for updates on its CrimeScore and reported crimes nearby. No account needed.