What is the crime rate in Port Isabel, TX?

In 2025, the Port Isabel Police Department reported 18 violent crimes and 160 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 342 violent and 3,042 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,259 residents it serves.

Across Texas the rates were 348 and 1,809.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 342
Property per 100,000: 3,042
Violent crimes: 18
Property crimes: 160

Crime reported by the Port Isabel Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	12	233	141	2,737	5,152
2024	21	408	213	4,136	5,150
2025	18	342	160	3,042	5,259

Violent crimes reported went from 12 in 2023 to 18 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 141 in 2023 to 160 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Port Isabel against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Port Isabel	342	3,042
Cameron County	331	1,577
Texas	348	1,809
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Port Isabel, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Port Isabel	—	342	3,042
Laguna Vista	4.3 mi	26	311
South Padre Island	6.2 mi	1,589	10,881
Brownsville	14 mi	405	1,529
Los Fresnos	15 mi	715	1,454
Rancho Viejo	19 mi	35	209
Rio Hondo	24 mi	377	795
San Benito	25 mi	203	2,488
Harlingen	29 mi	231	2,299

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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