Fort Worth, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Fort Worth, TX Summary

Crime in Fort Worth research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth:

  • There were 31,502 total crimes committed in Fort Worth in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,158.2 total crimes per 100K people in Fort Worth.
  • The overall crime rate in Fort Worth is 49.02% above the national average.
  • Fort Worth ranks #648 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Fort Worth ranks #8,726 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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Fort Worth Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fort Worth is 3,158.2 per 100,000 people. That's 49.02% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 29.97% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fort Worth
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 31,502 3,158.2 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 74 7.4 5.2 5.0
Robbery 724 72.6 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 3,223 323.1 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 4,572 458.4 389.4 359.0
Burglary 3,437 344.6 284.3 229.0
Larceny 18,372 1,841.8 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 5,121 513.4 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 26,930 2,699.8 2,040.5 1,760.0

Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth

4,572
Violent Crimes
458.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
27.68%
Above The National Average
  • There were 4,572 violent crimes in Fort Worth in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fort Worth is 458.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 218.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fort Worth each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 27.68% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 17.71% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fort Worth

26,930
Property Crimes
2,699.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
53.40%
Above The National Average
  • There were 26,930 property crimes in Fort Worth in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fort Worth is 2,699.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 37.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fort Worth each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 53.40% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 32.31% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fort Worth

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Mansfield, TX 80,569 1,188 1,474.5 1,381.4 93.1
North Richland Hills, TX 70,780 1,738 2,455.5 2,232.3 223.2
Grapevine, TX 50,983 1,144 2,243.9 2,065.4 178.5
Bedford, TX 47,900 810 1,691.0 1,547.0 144.1
Keller, TX 46,523 341 733.0 655.6 77.4
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
Colleyville, TX 25,630 148 577.4 538.4 39.0
Saginaw, TX 25,534 418 1,637.0 1,378.6 258.5
Watauga, TX 22,717 220 968.4 854.0 114.5

Fort Worth SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
7
Diversity
10
Safety
4
Amenities
9
Education
7
Commute
6
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