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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in South Houston, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in South Houston, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around South Houston. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is South Houston, TX safe?
South Houston, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 31 out of 100, grade D, below the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 18% 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
- 31 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 18%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 75%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 11
How South Houston compares
South Houston scores 22 points below the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
South Houston lies in Harris County, which has a county Safety Score of 18, grade F.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside South Houston.
Neighborhoods inside South Houston
11 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside South Houston, 11 of them mostly inside it. Among those 11, the lowest scores 10, the highest 63, and the middle 80% range from 12 to 60.
ZIP codes where South Houston residents live
Nearly all of South Houston's estimated residents live in ZIP 77587 (Safety Score 33, grade D). Nearly all of that ZIP's residents live in South Houston, but the city score uses only the neighborhoods inside the city limits. See the ZIP 77587 profile.
Closest cities in Texas
- Pasadena Safety Score 49 · grade C · 3.1 miles
- Galena Park Safety Score 46 · grade C · 5.5 miles
- Deer Park Safety Score 76 · grade B · 6.7 miles
- Pearland Safety Score 69 · grade B · 9.4 miles
- La Porte Safety Score 70 · grade B · 9.9 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About South Houston
South Houston has an estimated 16,146 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 3 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 11 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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