CrimeMetric

Crime in Laredo, Texas

Major crime in Laredo is 29% below the U.S. rate per resident: 14% lower for persons crimes and 33% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 14.7% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
71
29% below the U.S. rate
37% below the Texas rate
down 14.7% in a year
Persons crimes
86
14% below the U.S. rate
14% below the Texas rate
down 10.8% in a year
Property crimes
68
33% below the U.S. rate
41% below the Texas rate
down 15.8% in a year
Social disorder
92
8% below the U.S. rate
13% below the Texas rate
down 11.5% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Intimidation stands out most, at 1.5 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Laredo for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Laredo

The middle half of Laredo residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 28 and 79; the typical (median) resident's is 48. The citywide figure (71) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Laredo, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5051.7%
  • 50–10028.6%
  • 100–20013.0%
  • 200–4005.9%
  • 400+0.7%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on Friday and Saturday nights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm64
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am74
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm70
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am84
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 14.7% in a year; across Texas it fell 9.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-14.7%TX -9.2%-8.9%TX -8.6%
Persons crimes-10.8%TX -8.9%+3.0%TX +2.5%
Property crimes-15.8%TX -9.3%-12.3%TX -10.7%
Social disorder-11.5%TX -7.7%-1.9%TX -2.0%

Change in expected crimes, with Texas as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Laredo against U.S. places with 250,000 to 500,000 residents

48 of the 53 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Laredo; the middle of the group is 142. The 9 nearest in population:

St. Louis, MO275,674341
Buffalo, NY274,693260
Toledo, OH265,130175
Glendale, AZ265,629143
Lubbock, TX278,726127
Chandler, AZ279,60272
Laredo, TX273,31171

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Laredo has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Rio Bravo (12 mi), is 12% below Laredo's rate.

San Diego77 mi79
Laredo71
Rio Bravo12 mi62
Roma83 mi54
Zapata45 mi28
Cotulla64 mi22

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Laredo

What are the most common crimes in Laredo?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 1,111 a year), aggravated assault (about 562 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 493 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 1.5 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Laredo's figures add up its 164 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Laredo's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 63.7% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 273,311. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Laredo, Texas." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/tx/laredo

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100