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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Port Arthur, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Port Arthur, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Port Arthur. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Port Arthur, TX safe?
Port Arthur, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 30 out of 100, grade D, below the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 13% 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 27 to 41, 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
- 13%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 71%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 65
How Port Arthur compares
Port Arthur scores 23 points below the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Port Arthur's estimated residents live in 2 counties:
- Jefferson County 99% of residents · county Safety Score 14, grade F
- Orange County 1% of residents · county Safety Score 54, grade C
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Port Arthur.
Neighborhoods inside Port Arthur
65 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Port Arthur, 55 of them mostly inside it. Among those 55, the lowest scores 4, the highest 75, and the middle 80% range from 8 to 58.
ZIP code Safety Scores in Port Arthur, 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
- Groves Safety Score 74 · grade B · 2.6 miles
- Port Neches Safety Score 71 · grade B · 4.2 miles
- Nederland Safety Score 68 · grade B · 4.8 miles
- Beaumont Safety Score 46 · grade C · 17 miles
- Orange Safety Score 33 · grade D · 18 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Port Arthur
Port Arthur has an estimated 55,799 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 77.1 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 65 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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