Aransas Pass, TX carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 18% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Aransas Pass, TX shows violent crime at 288.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,830.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 18% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
288.4/100K violent
1830.3/100K property
-18% vs U.S.
The verdict
Aransas Pass earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 18% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-18%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
32nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,830.3
property crimes per 100K
Based on 26 reported violent incidents in a population of 9,015. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Aransas Pass, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Aransas Pass reported 26 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 9,015. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 701.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 288.4 in 2024 (-58.9%). The highest observed value was 701.2 in 2020 and the lowest 288.4 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Aransas Pass's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Aransas Pass's 288.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Queen City (285.9), Liberty (290.9), Nixon (291.8), Pantego (285.0). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Aransas Pass sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 288.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Aransas Pass ranks 201 of 686 — above 485 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +61.2% 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.
Property counts dominate Aransas Pass'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.
Based on 26 reported violent incidents in a population of 9,015. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-25%
384.5 → 288.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-13.4%
2114.7 → 1830.3/100K
Property offenses lead Aransas Pass's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
165
1830.3
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
108
1198
-
Burglary
42
465.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
15
166.4
-
Arson
1
11.1
-
Violent Crime
26
288.4
394.7
Aggravated Assault
18
199.7
-
Rape
7
77.6
-
Robbery
1
11.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Aransas Pass Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Aransas Pass property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,830.3/100K↓13.4%vs 2023
Aransas Pass violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
288.4/100K↓25%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
8,414
701.2
4124.1
406
2021
Comparable
8,531
668.2
3106.3
322
2022
Comparable
8,056
558.6
3078.5
293
2023
Comparable
8,843
384.5
2114.7
221
2024
Comparable
9,015
288.4
1830.3
191
How Aransas Pass sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Aransas Pass Police Department NIBRS-participating
Aransas Pass's crime figures on this page originate from Aransas Pass 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 Aransas Pass in population. Their populations run from 8,864 to 9,154, against 9,015 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Aransas Pass's 288.4/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Aransas Pass has a violent crime rate of 288.4 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1830.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Aransas Pass, TX safe? ▼
Aransas Pass receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 55/100. The violent crime rate is 18% below the national average and 27% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Aransas Pass, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Aransas Pass is 9,015 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Aransas Pass? ▼
In 2024, Aransas Pass reported 26 violent crimes and 165 property crimes, for a total of 191 reported offenses.
How do Aransas Pass's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Aransas Pass recorded about one reported offense per 47 residents and one reported violent offense per 347 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Aransas Pass? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Aransas Pass's violent crime rate decreased by 25%, and the property crime rate decreased by 13.4%.
What is the most common crime in Aransas Pass? ▼
The most common crime type in Aransas Pass is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.5% of all reported crimes (108 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Aransas Pass is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Aransas Pass, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.