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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Galveston, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Galveston, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Galveston. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Galveston, TX safe?
Galveston, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 30 out of 100, grade D, below the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 16% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Its ZIP codes with at least 5 scored block groups range from 17 to 44, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 30 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 16%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 71%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 56
How Galveston compares
Galveston scores 23 points below the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Galveston lies in Galveston County, which has a county Safety Score of 59, grade C.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Galveston.
Neighborhoods inside Galveston
56 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Galveston, 56 of them mostly inside it. Among those 56, the lowest scores 0, the highest 89, and the middle 80% range from 3 to 67.
Safest ZIP codes in Galveston, TX
Ranked by Safety Score among ZIP codes that score above the city's median ZIP score and have at least 5 scored block groups, so a single small area can't top the list.
ZIP code Safety Scores in Galveston, TX
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Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Texas
- La Marque Safety Score 45 · grade C · 11 miles
- Texas City Safety Score 43 · grade C · 12 miles
- Santa Fe Safety Score 61 · grade B · 18 miles
- Dickinson Safety Score 49 · grade C · 18 miles
- League City Safety Score 71 · grade B · 22 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Galveston
Galveston has an estimated 53,538 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 41.1 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 56 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
A ZIP code is listed here when most of its land is inside the city limits. ZIPs that mainly lie outside the city appear on their county pages. The city score is not an average of the listed ZIP scores.
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