Crime Score for ZIP 77493, Houston, TX
Houston · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 73.25% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#7,968
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Texas rank
#603
of 884 in state
Score index
41.3
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 77493 covers part of Houston in Texas. In July 2026 it scored in the 26.8th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #7,968, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Texas it ranks #603 of 884. That is 26.0 points below the Texas median of 52.8. It fell 10.45 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 37.20 to 26.75.
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.
Monthly history
| Month | Percentile | National rank | State rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026(latest) | 26.75 | #7,968 | #603 |
| June 2026 | 37.20 | #7,611 | #533 |
Nearby ZIP codes
4 of 6 score lower than 77493. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
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On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 77493
- Is ZIP code 77493 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 77493 scores in the 26.8th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 77493 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 77493 compare with the rest of Texas?
- It ranks #603 of 884 scored ZIP codes in Texas, against a state median of the 52.8th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,968 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.