CrimeMetric

Crime in Refugio, Texas

Major crime in Refugio is 50% below the U.S. rate per resident: 9% lower for persons crimes and 59% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.7% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
50
50% below the U.S. rate
55% below the Texas rate
down 8.7% in a year
Persons crimes
91
9% below the U.S. rate
9% below the Texas rate
down 4.9% in a year
Property crimes
41
59% below the U.S. rate
64% below the Texas rate
down 10.5% in a year
Social disorder
154
1.5 times the U.S. rate
44% above the Texas rate
down 7.1% 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

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 3.8 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Refugio

Refugio is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 50; the middle half of residents live where it is between 44 and 61.

Map of Refugio, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5074.3%
  • 50–10025.7%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

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 6pm44
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am53
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm51
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am61
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.7% in a year; across Texas it fell 9.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.7%TX -9.2%-11.4%TX -8.6%
Persons crimes-4.9%TX -8.9%-0.9%TX +2.5%
Property crimes-10.5%TX -9.3%-16.5%TX -10.7%
Social disorder-7.1%TX -7.7%-10.6%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

Refugio against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,014 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Refugio; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Cape May, NJ2,702163
Norco, LA2,70676
Refugio, TX2,69650
Fowler, IN2,69924

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

Nearby places

Refugio has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Rockport (23 mi), is 1.8 times Refugio's rate.

Aransas Pass29 mi117
Beeville30 mi103
Rockport23 mi93
Mathis37 mi86
Ingleside30 mi76
Sinton24 mi68
Portland29 mi60
Odem32 mi60
Refugio50

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

Questions about crime in Refugio

What are the most common crimes in Refugio?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 6 a year), aggravated assault (about 6 a year) and burglary (about 3 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 3.8 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. Refugio's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Refugio has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 2,696. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100