Alamo, TX carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 155% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Alamo, TX shows violent crime at 897.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,491.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 155% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
897.1/100K violent
3491.8/100K property
+155% vs U.S.
The verdict
Alamo earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 155% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+155%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
4th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,491.8
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Alamo, TX
Position in the state cohort
Alamo reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Texas cities
At 897.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Alamo ranks 11 of 686 — above 675 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +401.3% against the cohort median of 178.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 567.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 897.1 in 2024 (+58.0%). The highest observed value was 897.1 in 2024 and the lowest 567.8 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Alamo's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Alamo's 897.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Raymondville (881.2), Snyder (873.4), Crandall (922.5), Corpus Christi (863.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 20.4% of the 910 Part I offenses reported in Alamo for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Texas cities — a gap of 6.2 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 84.4% of reported property offenses in Alamo, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (63) and motor vehicle theft (50). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Alamo's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+55.6%
576.6 → 897.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.3%
4224.8 → 3491.8/100K
Property offenses lead Alamo's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs TX
Property Crime
724
3491.8
1711
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
611
2946.9
-
-
Burglary
63
303.8
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
50
241.1
-
-
Arson
1
4.8
-
-
Violent Crime
186
897.1
352
394.7
Aggravated Assault
159
766.9
-
-
Rape
21
101.3
-
-
Robbery
5
24.1
-
-
Murder
1
4.8
-
-
Alamo Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Alamo property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,491.8/100K↓17.3%vs 2023
Alamo violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
897.1/100K↑55.6%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
20,078
567.8
3700.6
857
2021
Comparable
20,779
678.6
3046.3
774
2022
Comparable
20,383
574
4121.1
957
2023
Comparable
20,640
576.6
4224.8
991
2024
Comparable
20,734
897.1
3491.8
910
How Alamo sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Alamo Police Department NIBRS-participating
Alamo's crime figures on this page originate from Alamo Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Texas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Texas cities closest to Alamo in population. Their populations run from 20,300 to 21,249, against 20,734 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Alamo's 897.1/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Alamo has a violent crime rate of 897.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3491.8 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Alamo, TX safe? ▼
Alamo receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 0/100. The violent crime rate is 155% above the national average and 127% above the Texas average.
What is the population of Alamo, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Alamo is 20,734 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Alamo? ▼
In 2024, Alamo reported 186 violent crimes and 724 property crimes, for a total of 910 reported offenses.
How do Alamo's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Alamo recorded about one reported offense per 23 residents and one reported violent offense per 111 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Alamo? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Alamo's violent crime rate increased by 55.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.3%.
What is the most common crime in Alamo? ▼
The most common crime type in Alamo is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.1% of all reported crimes (611 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Alamo figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.