Hitchcock, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Hitchcock, TX Summary

Crime in Hitchcock research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Hitchcock over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Hitchcock:

  • There were 177 total crimes committed in Hitchcock the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,359.4 total crimes per 100K people in Hitchcock.
  • The overall crime rate in Hitchcock is 1.51% above the national average.
  • Hitchcock ranks #502 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Hitchcock ranks #7,241 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Hitchcock Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hitchcock is 2,359.4 per 100,000 people. That's 1.51% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -12.34% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hitchcock
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 177 2,359.4 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 2 26.7 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 15 199.9 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 26 346.6 446.5 369.8
Burglary 29 386.6 370.7 269.8
Larceny 100 1,333.0 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 22 293.3 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 151 2,012.8 2,245.0 1,954.4

Hitchcock Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Hitchcock

26
Violent Crimes
346.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-6.28%
Below The National Average
  • There were 26 violent crimes in Hitchcock in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hitchcock is 346.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 288.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hitchcock each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -6.28% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -22.37% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hitchcock

151
Property Crimes
2,012.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
2.99%
Above The National Average
  • There were 151 property crimes in Hitchcock in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hitchcock is 2,012.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 49.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hitchcock each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 2.99% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -10.34% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hitchcock

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Galveston, TX 52,920 1,796 3,393.8 2,925.2 468.6
Friendswood, TX 40,851 267 653.6 570.4 83.2
Alvin, TX 27,974 554 1,980.4 1,719.5 261.0
Dickinson, TX 21,936 413 1,882.7 1,618.3 264.4
La Marque, TX 19,068 779 4,085.4 3,644.9 440.5
Santa Fe, TX 12,802 141 1,101.4 937.4 164.0
Webster, TX 11,952 1,060 8,868.8 8,391.9 476.9
Jamaica Beach, TX 1,065 7 657.3 469.5 187.8

Hitchcock SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
9.5
Safety
7
Amenities
6
Education
5
Commute
7
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