Socorro, TX carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 60% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Socorro, TX shows violent crime at 141.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 812.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 60% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
141.7/100K violent
812.2/100K property
-60% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Socorro, TX
Comparable rate records
Socorro's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Socorro's 141.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Missouri City (141.8), Muleshoe (142.3), Surfside Beach (141.0), Whitesboro (142.3). 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
Socorro sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 141.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Socorro ranks 420 of 686 — above 266 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -21.2% against the cohort median of 179.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 62.6% of reported property offenses in Socorro, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (44) and motor vehicle theft (76). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 138.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 141.7 in 2024 (+2.2%). The highest observed value was 216.1 in 2022 and the lowest 138.6 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Socorro'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.
Socorro's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 22 Census sq mi, Socorro logged 14.6 property and 2.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Socorro leans on larceny-theft at 53% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,526.
Violent offenses are only 15% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (22 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-31%
205.3 → 141.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
+3.7%
783.4 → 812.2/100K
Property offenses lead Socorro's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
321
812.2
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
201
508.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
76
192.3
-
Burglary
44
111.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
56
141.7
394.7
Aggravated Assault
44
111.3
-
Robbery
6
15.2
-
Rape
5
12.7
-
Murder
1
2.5
-
Socorro Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Socorro property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Socorro Police Department
Reporting agency for Socorro NIBRS-participating
Socorro Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Socorro's 377 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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 Socorro in population. Their populations run from 38,505 to 40,765, against 39,522 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Socorro reported 56 violent crimes and 321 property crimes, for a total of 377 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Socorro?
From 2023 to 2024, Socorro's violent crime rate decreased by 31%, and the property crime rate increased by 3.7%.
What is the most common crime in Socorro?
The most common crime type in Socorro is larceny-theft, accounting for 53.3% of all reported crimes (201 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Socorro 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.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Socorro, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.