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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Odessa, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Odessa, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Odessa. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Odessa, TX safe?
Odessa, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 47 out of 100, grade C, below the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 34% 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
- 47 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 34%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 42%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 109
How Odessa compares
Odessa scores 6 points below the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Odessa's estimated residents live in 2 counties:
- Ector County 98% of residents · county Safety Score 26, grade D
- Midland County 2% of residents · county Safety Score 46, grade C
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Odessa.
Neighborhoods inside Odessa
109 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Odessa, 87 of them mostly inside it. Among those 87, the lowest scores 2, the highest 96, and the middle 80% range from 14 to 83.
ZIP codes where Odessa residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Odessa's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Texas
- Midland Safety Score 51 · grade C · 17 miles
- Andrews Safety Score 38 · grade D · 33 miles
- Big Spring Safety Score 43 · grade C · 58 miles
- Pecos Safety Score 51 · grade C · 74 miles
- Snyder Safety Score 54 · grade C · 102 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Odessa
Odessa has an estimated 119,748 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 51.1 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 109 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.
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