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Austin, TX vs Houston, TX

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 Austin, TXHouston, TXUnited States
 24.950.422.7
 5563.235.4

The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.

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Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.

  Cities with the Least Crime Near Austin, TexasCrime Index
 Florence, TX8.9
 Martindale, TX11.5
 Rollingwood, TX11.5
 Mountain City, TX12.3
 Hutto, TX12.7
 San Leanna, TX14.1
 Georgetown, TX14.4
 The Hills, TX14.4
 Driftwood, TX14.6
 Leander, TX14.7
Reviews for Austin    446 Reviews
Don't believe the hype - 3/11/2022
I lived there for 22 years and left a year and a half ago. The people that live there have ruined it. Austin is no longer weird AT ALL. The weirdness has been... Read More
steve | El Paso, TX | Reply | 2 Replies
   

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Austin is still a good place to live - 12/12/2021
I've lived in Austin over 20 years, and yes it has changed drastically, as all fast growing cities do. But I think it is unfair to compare Austin against it's past self... Read More
Allie | Hornsby Bend, TX | Reply | No Replies
   
Austin is Awesome - 9/24/2021
I lived in Austin Travis county for 2 years and fell in absolute love with the greater Austin area. I had to leave to go back to SC unfortunately. I was very sad over... Read More
Carl | Charleston, SC | Reply | No Replies
   
Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews
The real Houston - 8/20/2022
I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas... Read More
Michelle | Houston, TX | Reply | 1 Reply
   

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Not a great place - 7/19/2022
There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell... Read More
John | Stafford, TX | Reply | 2 Replies
   
Not a great place - 7/19/2022
There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell... Read More
John | Stafford, TX | Reply | 2 Replies
   
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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TX
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TX
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 101 total
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