Richmond, TX Crime Map

How Safe Is Richmond, TX in 2026?

Richmond earns an overall crime grade of C- at the city level, yet its neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown tells a strikingly different story. Of the 11 neighborhoods analyzed across the city, 10 received a Grade A (90.9%) and 1 received a Grade B (9.1%). Not a single neighborhood graded C, D, or F. That means 100% of Richmond's analyzed neighborhoods fall into the "safe" category — an unusually strong showing for a Texas city of its size.

This gap between the city-wide grade and neighborhood grades reflects how aggregate crime statistics can be skewed by geography and reporting boundaries. When you zoom into where people actually live, Richmond's residential communities are overwhelmingly safe.

Safest Neighborhoods in Richmond, TX

The data points to a clear cluster of high-performing neighborhoods, many of them master-planned communities developed over the past two decades:

• Harvest Green — Grade A | Population: 3,323 | Median Income: $163,577. The largest and most affluent neighborhood in the dataset, Harvest Green consistently ranks at the top for safety.
• River Forest — Grade A | Population: 531 | Median Income: $129,252. A smaller, tight-knit community with strong safety metrics and high household incomes.
• Waterside Estates — Grade A | Population: 1,682 | Median Income: $148,354. One of the city's premier communities, combining safety with above-average economic stability.
• Texana Plantation — Grade A | Population: 395 | Median Income: $161,800. A smaller enclave with top-tier safety grades and one of the highest median incomes in Richmond.
• Long Meadow Farms — Grade A- | Population: 2,621 | Median Income: $125,416. A large, family-oriented community with consistently low crime activity.
• Aliana — Grade A- | Population: 5,916 | Median Income: $109,100. The most populous neighborhood in the dataset and still earns an A-, making it one of the most significant safety success stories in the city.
• Lakemont, Grand Mission, Waterview, and Fieldstone — All Grade A- | Median Incomes around $109,105. These four communities share similar demographic profiles and similarly strong safety records.

Areas With Relatively Higher Crime Activity

Even within Richmond's broadly safe landscape, some variation exists. Riverpark West holds the highest crime grade of any neighborhood in the dataset at Grade B-, placing it at the lower end of the "safe" spectrum — though still well above the national average for comparable communities. Neighborhoods like Fieldstone, Waterview, Lakemont, and Grand Mission round out the slightly more active tier at Grade A-, meaning residents there experience marginally more incidents than in the top-A communities, but nothing that rises to a level of concern.

It's worth noting that even Riverpark West's Grade B- would be considered safe by most national benchmarks. No neighborhood in Richmond grades below a B.

Understanding Richmond's Crime Profile

Richmond's city-wide C- overall crime grade reflects aggregate data that can include incidents from commercial corridors, transient zones, and areas not captured in the residential neighborhood breakdown. The residential communities — where the vast majority of Richmond's 12,592 residents actually live — perform dramatically better, with the city-wide safety rating landing at Very Safe (A) when neighborhoods are weighted by population.

Property crime, including vehicle-related theft and opportunistic burglary, tends to be the most common category of incident in suburban Texas cities of Richmond's profile. Violent crime rates in communities like Harvest Green and Waterside Estates are exceptionally low, consistent with their high median household incomes (both above $148,000) and low population density relative to Houston proper.

For context, Richmond's unemployment rate of 3.3% is low, and while the poverty rate of 16.3% is above the national median, the concentration of high-income master-planned communities buffers much of the city's residential areas from the crime patterns typically associated with economic stress.

What the Neighborhood Grades Mean for Homebuyers and Renters

If you're evaluating Richmond for a move in 2026, the neighborhood-level data is far more actionable than the city-wide grade. A family considering Harvest Green or Texana Plantation is looking at Grade A safety in communities with median incomes exceeding $160,000 — among the safest residential environments in the greater Houston metro. Those considering Aliana — the city's largest neighborhood at nearly 6,000 residents — can take comfort in its Grade A- rating despite its size, which often correlates with higher incident counts elsewhere.

Renters weighing options should note that Richmond's median rent of $934 is well below the Houston metro average, offering relative affordability alongside strong safety grades. The median home value of $175,932 similarly positions Richmond as an accessible entry point into Fort Bend County's real estate market without sacrificing neighborhood quality.