Katy, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Katy, TX Summary

Crime in Katy research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Katy 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 Katy:

  • There were 900 total crimes committed in Katy the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,527.9 total crimes per 100K people in Katy.
  • The overall crime rate in Katy is 51.79% above the national average.
  • Katy ranks #616 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Katy ranks #8,631 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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Katy Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Katy is 3,527.9 per 100,000 people. That's 51.79% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 31.08% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Katy
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 900 3,527.9 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.6 6.3
Robbery 15 58.8 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 28 109.8 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 56 219.5 446.5 369.8
Burglary 57 223.4 370.7 269.8
Larceny 713 2,794.9 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 74 290.1 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 844 3,308.4 2,245.0 1,954.4

Katy 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 Katy

56
Violent Crimes
219.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-40.64%
Below The National Average
  • There were 56 violent crimes in Katy in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Katy is 219.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 455.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Katy each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -40.64% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -50.83% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Katy

844
Property Crimes
3,308.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
69.28%
Above The National Average
  • There were 844 property crimes in Katy in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Katy is 3,308.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 30.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Katy each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 69.28% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 47.36% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Katy

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Sugar Land, TX 107,989 1,842 1,705.7 1,615.9 89.8
Rosenberg, TX 40,472 809 1,998.9 1,717.2 281.7
Fulshear, TX 18,058 108 598.1 570.4 27.7
Stafford, TX 17,110 972 5,680.9 5,166.6 514.3
Richmond, TX 12,936 327 2,527.8 2,226.3 301.5
Brookshire, TX 5,739 78 1,359.1 940.9 418.2

Katy SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
9
Safety
5
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
5
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