Bay City, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Bay City, TX Summary

Crime in Bay City research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Bay City over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Bay City:

  • There were 660 total crimes committed in Bay City the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,708.7 total crimes per 100K people in Bay City.
  • The overall crime rate in Bay City is 59.57% above the national average.
  • Bay City ranks #626 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Bay City ranks #8,752 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Bay City Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bay City is 3,708.7 per 100,000 people. That's 59.57% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 37.79% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bay City
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 660 3,708.7 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 5.6 6.6 6.3
Robbery 11 61.8 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 46 258.5 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 66 370.9 446.5 369.8
Burglary 92 517.0 370.7 269.8
Larceny 478 2,686.0 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 24 134.9 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 594 3,337.8 2,245.0 1,954.4

Bay City Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Bay City

66
Violent Crimes
370.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
0.29%
Above The National Average
  • There were 66 violent crimes in Bay City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bay City is 370.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 269.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bay City each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 0.29% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -16.93% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bay City

594
Property Crimes
3,337.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
70.79%
Above The National Average
  • There were 594 property crimes in Bay City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bay City is 3,337.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 30.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bay City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 70.79% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 48.68% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Bay City SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
7
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