With a crime rate of 36 per one thousand residents, Mercedes has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 28. Within Texas, more than 94% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Mercedes.

Importantly, when you compare Mercedes to other communities of similar population, then Mercedes crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Mercedes does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Mercedes does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Mercedes.

For Mercedes, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Mercedes is one in 128.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Mercedes is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Mercedes, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 35, which is a rate of 28 per one thousand population.