Wharton, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Wharton, TX Summary

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

  • There were 196 total crimes committed in Wharton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,231.8 total crimes per 100K people in Wharton.
  • The overall crime rate in Wharton is 5.31% above the national average.
  • Wharton ranks #561 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Wharton ranks #7,646 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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Wharton Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wharton is 2,231.8 per 100,000 people. That's 5.31% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -8.15% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wharton
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 196 2,231.8 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 6 68.3 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 24 273.3 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 31 353.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 32 364.4 284.3 229.0
Larceny 125 1,423.4 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 8 91.1 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 165 1,878.8 2,040.5 1,760.0

Wharton 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 Wharton

31
Violent Crimes
353.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-1.67%
Below The National Average
  • There were 31 violent crimes in Wharton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wharton is 353.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 283.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wharton each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -1.67% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -9.35% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wharton

165
Property Crimes
1,878.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
6.75%
Above The National Average
  • There were 165 property crimes in Wharton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wharton is 1,878.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 53.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wharton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 6.75% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -7.92% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wharton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Sugar Land, TX 107,757 1,575 1,461.6 1,383.7 78.0
Bellaire, TX 16,959 443 2,612.2 2,376.3 235.9
West University Place, TX 14,720 154 1,046.2 991.8 54.3
El Campo, TX 11,972 277 2,313.7 1,804.2 509.5

Wharton SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
10
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8
Education
3
Commute
8.5
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