What is the crime rate for ZIP code 79843?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Presidio County, TX (the county containing ZIP 79843) agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the UCR Program. The county figures shown cover only the agencies that submitted, so no meaningful crime rate can be stated for this area. Low reported counts here indicate missing reports, not an absence of crime.

What county is ZIP code 79843 in?

ZIP code 79843 is located in Presidio County, TX.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 79843

Presidio County, Texas: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

2,814
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 79843 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 79843 sits within Presidio County, TX, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 79843 carries a Census-reported population of 2,814, ranking #2 of 3 ZIPs in Presidio County, spread across 1,479.99 square miles (about 2 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Presidio County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Presidio County crime page linked below.

ZIP 79843 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Presidio County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 79843 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income: $31,452
Median age: 54.4 years
Owner-occupied homes: 75%
Occupied homes: 1,426

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 79843 settlement vs Presidio County

ZIP 79843 itself is about 2 people per Census sq mi across 1,480 sq mi (2,814 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 79843's 2,814 residents are about 45.9% of the 2024 county reporting population (6,131), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 79843

Similar Census population (~2,814)

ZIP 65725, MO · 2,814 pop · Δ0
ZIP 98595, WA · 2,814 pop · Δ0
ZIP 26218, WV · 2,815 pop · Δ1
ZIP 56150, MN · 2,815 pop · Δ1

County detail: Presidio County · State atlas: Texas

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.