Sweeny, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sweeny, TX Summary

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

  • There were 60 total crimes committed in Sweeny the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,682.6 total crimes per 100K people in Sweeny.
  • The overall crime rate in Sweeny is -27.61% below the national average.
  • Sweeny ranks #382 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Sweeny ranks #5,810 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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Sweeny Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sweeny is 1,682.6 per 100,000 people. That's -27.61% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -37.49% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sweeny
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 60 1,682.6 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 1 28.0 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 10 280.4 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 16 448.7 446.5 369.8
Burglary 5 140.2 370.7 269.8
Larceny 37 1,037.6 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 2 56.1 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 44 1,233.9 2,245.0 1,954.4

Sweeny 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 Sweeny

16
Violent Crimes
448.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
21.33%
Above The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Sweeny in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sweeny is 448.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 222.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sweeny each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 21.33% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 0.50% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sweeny

44
Property Crimes
1,233.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-36.87%
Below The National Average
  • There were 44 property crimes in Sweeny in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sweeny is 1,233.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 81.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sweeny each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -36.87% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -45.04% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sweeny

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
Friendswood, TX 40,851 267 653.6 570.4 83.2
Lake Jackson, TX 27,595 527 1,909.8 1,659.7 250.0
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
West Columbia, TX 3,587 69 1,923.6 1,589.1 334.5
Brazoria, TX 2,823 59 2,090.0 1,912.9 177.1
Jones Creek, TX 2,079 22 1,058.2 962.0 96.2

Sweeny SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
9
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
8
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