Crime Score for ZIP 77061, Houston, TX
Houston · Harris County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 93.67% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#689
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Texas rank
#90
of 884 in state
Score index
264.3
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 77061 covers part of Houston in Harris County, Texas. In July 2026 it scored in the 93.7th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Very High Crime rating, in the top tenth of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #689, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Texas it ranks #90 of 884. That is 40.9 points above the Texas median of 52.8. It fell 1.09 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 94.76 to 93.67.
Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.
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Monthly history
| Month | Percentile | National rank | State rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026(latest) | 93.67 | #689 | #90 |
| June 2026 | 94.76 | #636 | #86 |
Nearby ZIP codes
3 of 6 score lower than 77061. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 77061
- Is ZIP code 77061 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 77061 scores in the 93.7th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Very High Crime rating: in the top tenth of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 77061 calculated?
- SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
- How does 77061 compare with the rest of Texas?
- It ranks #90 of 884 scored ZIP codes in Texas, against a state median of the 52.8th percentile. Nationally it ranks #689 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.