Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Port Neches, TX Crime Grade
How Port Neches 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
6/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Port Neches, TX was 204.1 per 100,000 residents (28 incidents over a population of 13,716). That puts Port Neches 37% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 41% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Port Neches #2,072 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 45% of them, and #126 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 19% year over year and down 1% over the last five years.
Port Neches, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Texas Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 204.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,072 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #126 of 250
- Safer than
- 45% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 19%
- 5-year change
- down 1%
- Population
- 13,716
- Reporting agency
- Port Neches Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Port Neches Police Department (FBI ORI TX1230800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Port Neches, TX
Also known as
- Grigsby Bluff
- Grigsby's Bluff
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. Port Neches (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Port Neches 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 | 207.1(26) | 285.9(38) | 331.3(45) | 250.7(34) | 204.1(28) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.5(1) | 7.4(1) | 7.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 63.7(8) | 37.6(5) | 58.9(8) | 66.4(9) | 43.7(6) |
| Robbery | 8.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 7.4(1) | 14.7(2) | 7.3(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 135.4(17) | 240.7(32) | 257.7(35) | 162.2(22) | 153.1(21) |
| Property crime | 1099.2(138) | 985.5(131) | 802.5(109) | 671.0(91) | 867.6(119) |
| Burglary | 167.3(21) | 180.5(24) | 176.7(24) | 125.4(17) | 189.6(26) |
| Larceny | 796.5(100) | 624.4(83) | 596.4(81) | 471.9(64) | 546.8(75) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 127.4(16) | 180.5(24) | 29.5(4) | 73.7(10) | 123.9(17) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Port Neches, 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 Port Neches 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 Port Neches calculated?
- Port Neches'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 Port Neches 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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