Bedford, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Bedford, TX Summary

Crime in Bedford research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Bedford over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Bedford:

  • There were 810 total crimes committed in Bedford in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,691.0 total crimes per 100K people in Bedford.
  • The overall crime rate in Bedford is -20.21% below the national average.
  • Bedford ranks #461 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Bedford ranks #6,541 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Bedford Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bedford is 1,691.0 per 100,000 people. That's -20.21% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -30.41% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bedford
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 810 1,691.0 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 2 4.2 5.2 5.0
Robbery 12 25.1 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 45 93.9 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 69 144.1 389.4 359.0
Burglary 75 156.6 284.3 229.0
Larceny 558 1,164.9 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 108 225.5 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 741 1,547.0 2,040.5 1,760.0

Bedford Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Bedford

69
Violent Crimes
144.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-59.87%
Below The National Average
  • There were 69 violent crimes in Bedford in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bedford is 144.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 694.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bedford each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -59.87% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -63.01% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bedford

741
Property Crimes
1,547.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-12.10%
Below The National Average
  • There were 741 property crimes in Bedford in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bedford is 1,547.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 64.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bedford each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -12.10% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -24.19% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Bedford

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lewisville, TX 136,046 2,319 1,704.6 1,517.1 187.4
Carrollton, TX 133,471 1,939 1,452.8 1,315.6 137.1
Flower Mound, TX 80,455 515 640.1 582.9 57.2
North Richland Hills, TX 70,780 1,738 2,455.5 2,232.3 223.2
Euless, TX 59,230 1,358 2,292.8 2,105.4 187.4
Grapevine, TX 50,983 1,144 2,243.9 2,065.4 178.5
Keller, TX 46,523 341 733.0 655.6 77.4
Coppell, TX 41,549 386 929.0 825.5 103.5
Hurst, TX 38,973 1,010 2,591.5 2,237.4 354.1
Southlake, TX 31,095 321 1,032.3 1,000.2 32.2

Bedford SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
6
Amenities
9.5
Education
8.5
Commute
7
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