Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Rio Grande City, TX Crime Grade
How Rio Grande City 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
5/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Rio Grande City, TX was 167.0 per 100,000 residents (26 incidents over a population of 15,573). That puts Rio Grande City 49% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 52% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Rio Grande City #1,794 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #107 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
Rio Grande City, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Texas Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 167.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,794 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #107 of 250
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 15,573
- Reporting agency
- Rio Grande City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Rio Grande City Police Department (FBI ORI TX2140200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Rio Grande City, TX
Also known as
- Riogrande
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. Rio Grande City (red), Texas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rio Grande City 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 | 248.3(36) | 146.5(23) | 137.7(21) | 189.3(29) | 167.0(26) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 6.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 13.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.5(1) | 25.7(4) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 12.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 234.5(34) | 127.3(20) | 137.7(21) | 182.8(28) | 141.3(22) |
| Property crime | 1703.7(247) | 1738.3(273) | 2019.3(308) | 1749.3(268) | 1682.4(262) |
| Burglary | 524.2(76) | 452.1(71) | 314.7(48) | 306.8(47) | 276.1(43) |
| Larceny | 1020.8(148) | 1139.8(179) | 1455.5(222) | 1246.7(191) | 1271.4(198) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 144.8(21) | 140.1(22) | 229.5(35) | 189.3(29) | 109.2(17) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Rio Grande City, 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 Rio Grande City 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 Rio Grande City calculated?
- Rio Grande City'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 Rio Grande City 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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