Wilmer, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Wilmer, TX Summary

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

  • There were 158 total crimes committed in Wilmer in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,333.5 total crimes per 100K people in Wilmer.
  • The overall crime rate in Wilmer is 10.11% above the national average.
  • Wilmer ranks #579 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Wilmer ranks #7,795 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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Wilmer Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wilmer is 2,333.5 per 100,000 people. That's 10.11% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -3.97% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wilmer
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 158 2,333.5 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 2 29.5 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 21 310.1 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 23 339.7 389.4 359.0
Burglary 34 502.1 284.3 229.0
Larceny 76 1,122.4 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 25 369.2 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 135 1,993.8 2,040.5 1,760.0

Wilmer 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 Wilmer

23
Violent Crimes
339.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-5.38%
Below The National Average
  • There were 23 violent crimes in Wilmer in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wilmer is 339.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 294.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wilmer each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -5.38% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -12.77% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wilmer

135
Property Crimes
1,993.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
13.28%
Above The National Average
  • There were 135 property crimes in Wilmer in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wilmer is 1,993.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 50.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wilmer each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 13.28% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -2.29% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wilmer

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
DeSoto, TX 56,488 1,112 1,968.6 1,642.8 325.7
Waxahachie, TX 49,223 883 1,793.9 1,570.4 223.5
Cedar Hill, TX 48,911 955 1,952.5 1,772.6 179.9
Midlothian, TX 43,497 469 1,078.2 958.7 119.5
Lancaster, TX 40,486 1,432 3,537.0 3,127.0 410.0
Forney, TX 40,484 327 807.7 652.1 155.6
Duncanville, TX 38,939 1,007 2,586.1 2,277.9 308.2
Balch Springs, TX 26,819 867 3,232.8 2,815.2 417.6
University Park, TX 25,241 378 1,497.6 1,434.2 63.4
Ennis, TX 24,979 425 1,701.4 1,525.3 176.1

Wilmer SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
10
Safety
6
Amenities
6
Education
3
Commute
5
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