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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in San Marcos, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in San Marcos, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around San Marcos. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is San Marcos, TX safe?
San Marcos, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 20 out of 100, grade D, below the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 5% 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
- 20 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 5%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 86%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 49
How San Marcos compares
San Marcos scores 33 points below the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Counties holding at least 1% of San Marcos's estimated residents:
- Hays County 98% of residents · county Safety Score 66, grade B
- Caldwell County 2% of residents · county Safety Score 48, grade C
San Marcos's city limits also take in land in 1 other county, with under 1% of its estimated residents.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside San Marcos.
Neighborhoods inside San Marcos
49 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside San Marcos, 33 of them mostly inside it. Among those 33, the lowest scores 0, the highest 65, and the middle 80% range from 1 to 36.
ZIP codes where San Marcos residents live
Listed by the estimated share of San Marcos'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
- Kyle Safety Score 64 · grade B · 9.2 miles
- Buda Safety Score 64 · grade B · 15 miles
- Lockhart Safety Score 52 · grade C · 15 miles
- New Braunfels Safety Score 51 · grade C · 17 miles
- Seguin Safety Score 29 · grade D · 21 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About San Marcos
San Marcos has an estimated 74,316 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 35.6 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 49 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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