Crime Score for ZIP 78574, Alton, TX
Alton · Hidalgo County · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 68.11% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#8,254
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Texas rank
#573
of 884 in state
Score index
45.5
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 78574 covers part of Alton in Hidalgo County, Texas. In June 2026 it scored in the 31.9th 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 #8,254, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Texas it ranks #573 of 884. That is 20.9 points below the Texas median of 52.8.
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.
Nearby ZIP codes
2 of 6 score lower than 78574. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 78574
- Is ZIP code 78574 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 78574 scores in the 31.9th percentile for reported crime as of June 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 78574 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 78574 compare with the rest of Texas?
- It ranks #573 of 884 scored ZIP codes in Texas, against a state median of the 52.8th percentile. Nationally it ranks #8,254 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.