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Neighborhood Safety: public data, published plainly, with no score attached
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Short answer
Neighborhood Safety is our page and data layer for public reported-incident figures. We publish the official numbers with their source and date, and never a score, a grade or a label about any neighborhood. Where an agency publishes block-level data we load it, and where it does not, we say so. You set your own severity threshold. It is context to read, presented the same way for every address.
What is Neighborhood Safety?
I would rather show you what public data can say, what it cannot, and how to decide for yourself. Fair housing law keeps agents from steering, so I do not tell anyone where to live. I show the same official figures for every address.
What do I get?
- Reported-incident figures from the agencies that publish them, shown as a rate against the population they belong to and as a position among comparable agencies.
- No composite score, letter grade or good-or-bad label anywhere in it.
- A severity threshold you set yourself, because a default would be our opinion.
- A coverage map that shows where street-level data exists and where only jurisdiction-level data does.
- Links to the official sources so you can check the numbers.
- The same figures on the Schools and Community tab of listings and in the Home Report.
A real example. In a September 2026 Home Report on a Cypress listing (address left out), the local agency's rate was set against the median and the middle range across 61 police and sheriff agencies in our six counties. It also noted that the figure covers the agency's whole service area, not one street.
Why did we build it, and who does it help?
People look up this data anyway, and often from sources with no context or from opinion. I would rather give you facts, sources and dates and let you weigh them yourself.
Buyers get numbers they can check and a way to read them. Sellers know what buyers can see, and I can talk it through with you without characterizing any place.
How does it work, and where does the data come from?
We load incident data where a police or sheriff agency publishes it. Where only county or city totals exist, the page says so plainly and does not estimate a number to fill the gap. Coverage is uneven: block-level data reaches roughly 38.5% of the six-county population, as stated on the page.
A rate depends on the size of the area and the reporting practices of the agency, so read the figure with its denominator. For questions about a specific report, contact the local police department or sheriff's office.
Sources
- Police and sheriff agency incident data, published by each agency, dates shown with every figure.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, official national figures.
- Crime in Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety reporting portal.
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Do I need an account to use it?
Registration is free. The Neighborhood Safety page opens without an account. One registration also unlocks sold prices, listing history and our home value estimate elsewhere on the site.
Why do we ask you to register?
Some of what we share, like recent sold prices, a home’s sales and listing history, and our home value estimate, comes from or is built on data from the Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR) MLS. MLS rules let us share that information only with registered visitors. Allen is a REALTOR® licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC), and he follows those rules because he values his license and your trust. Registration is free.
What else do people ask?
- Do you give neighborhoods a score or a grade?
- No. We publish official figures with their source and date and leave the judgment to you.
- Why is there no default threshold?
- A suggested number would be our opinion in disguise. You choose the level that matters to you.
- Does every address have street-level data?
- No. Where an agency publishes only jurisdiction-level totals, the page says so and does not estimate.
- Where can I check the numbers?
- The page links to the official sources, and the local police department or sheriff's office can answer questions about a specific report.
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Written by Allen Markel, REALTOR®, Texas Premier Realty, TREC #0658294. Last updated September 25, 2026. Next review December 2026.
This page is educational information, not an appraisal, legal, tax or financial advice. Figures come from the sources named above and can change.