Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Baytown, TX Crime Grade
How Baytown grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Texas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
8/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Baytown, TX was 397.0 per 100,000 residents (342 incidents over a population of 86,149). That puts Baytown Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 15% above the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Baytown #3,011 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #199 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Baytown, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Texas Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 397.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,011 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #199 of 250
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 86,149
- Reporting agency
- Baytown Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Baytown Police Department (FBI ORI TX1010100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Baytown, TX
Also known as
- Goose Creek
- Creek
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Baytown (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Baytown vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 385.5(300) | 460.3(375) | 421.2(353) | 444.8(372) | 397.0(342) |
| Murder | 12.9(10) | 9.8(8) | 6.0(5) | 7.2(6) | 8.1(7) |
| Rape | 70.7(55) | 79.8(65) | 68.0(57) | 81.3(68) | 70.8(61) |
| Robbery | 68.1(53) | 83.5(68) | 78.8(66) | 64.6(54) | 42.9(37) |
| Aggravated assault | 233.9(182) | 287.2(234) | 268.5(225) | 291.7(244) | 275.1(237) |
| Property crime | 3507.0(2,729) | 3925.0(3,198) | 3333.8(2,794) | 2814.5(2,354) | 2366.8(2,039) |
| Burglary | 434.4(338) | 541.3(441) | 557.2(467) | 393.4(329) | 319.2(275) |
| Larceny | 2471.2(1,923) | 2744.3(2,236) | 2170.4(1,819) | 1962.0(1,641) | 1701.7(1,466) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 600.1(467) | 638.2(520) | 602.6(505) | 451.9(378) | 345.9(298) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Baytown, TX Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Baytown Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Baytown calculated?
- Baytown's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Texas state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Texas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Baytown Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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