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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Weslaco, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Weslaco, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Weslaco. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Weslaco, TX safe?
Weslaco, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 48 out of 100, grade C, below the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 43% 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
- 48 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 43%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 41%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 45
How Weslaco compares
Weslaco scores 5 points below the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Weslaco lies in Hidalgo County, which has a county Safety Score of 5, grade F.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Weslaco.
Neighborhoods inside Weslaco
45 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Weslaco, 27 of them mostly inside it. Among those 27, the lowest scores 11, the highest 96, and the middle 80% range from 16 to 72.
ZIP codes where Weslaco residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Weslaco'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
- Donna Safety Score 22 · grade D · 4.0 miles
- Mercedes Safety Score 39 · grade D · 4.8 miles
- Alamo Safety Score 40 · grade C · 8.1 miles
- San Juan Safety Score 52 · grade C · 10 miles
- Pharr Safety Score 42 · grade C · 12 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Weslaco
Weslaco has an estimated 43,864 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 16.4 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 45 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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