Prairie View, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Prairie View, TX Summary

Crime in Prairie View research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Prairie View 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 Prairie View:

  • There were 79 total crimes committed in Prairie View the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,108.6 total crimes per 100K people in Prairie View.
  • The overall crime rate in Prairie View is -52.30% below the national average.
  • Prairie View ranks #231 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Prairie View ranks #4,100 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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Prairie View Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Prairie View is 1,108.6 per 100,000 people. That's -52.30% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -58.81% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Prairie View
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 79 1,108.6 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 14.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 5 70.2 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 15 210.5 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 23 322.8 446.5 369.8
Burglary 26 364.9 370.7 269.8
Larceny 23 322.8 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 7 98.2 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 56 785.9 2,245.0 1,954.4

Prairie View 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 Prairie View

23
Violent Crimes
322.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-12.72%
Below The National Average
  • There were 23 violent crimes in Prairie View in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Prairie View is 322.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 309.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Prairie View each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -12.72% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -27.71% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Prairie View

56
Property Crimes
785.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-59.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 56 property crimes in Prairie View in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Prairie View is 785.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 127.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Prairie View each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -59.79% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -65.00% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Prairie View

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Sugar Land, TX 107,989 1,842 1,705.7 1,615.9 89.8
Bellaire, TX 16,783 395 2,353.6 2,192.7 160.9
West University Place, TX 14,524 151 1,039.7 991.5 48.2
Hempstead, TX 6,388 155 2,426.4 1,878.5 547.9
Brookshire, TX 5,739 78 1,359.1 940.9 418.2
Bellville, TX 4,066 63 1,549.4 934.6 614.9
Magnolia, TX 2,906 43 1,479.7 1,376.5 103.2
Waller, TX 2,846 40 1,405.5 1,194.7 210.8
Pinehurst, TX 2,209 64 2,897.2 2,444.5 452.7

Prairie View SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
2/10
Housing
8
Affordability
1
Diversity
5
Safety
7
Amenities
7
Education
8.5
Commute
8.5
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