Fort Worth, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Fort Worth:

  • There were 30,754 total crimes committed in Fort Worth the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,242.0 total crimes per 100K people in Fort Worth.
  • The overall crime rate in Fort Worth is 39.49% above the national average.
  • Fort Worth ranks #593 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Fort Worth ranks #8,390 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 3,242.0 per 100,000 people. That's 39.49% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 20.45% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fort Worth
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 30,754 3,242.0 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 100 10.5 6.6 6.3
Robbery 689 72.6 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 3,385 356.8 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 4,765 502.3 446.5 369.8
Burglary 3,993 420.9 370.7 269.8
Larceny 18,439 1,943.8 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 3,557 375.0 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 25,989 2,739.7 2,245.0 1,954.4

Fort Worth Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Fort Worth

4,765
Violent Crimes
502.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
35.83%
Above The National Average
  • There were 4,765 violent crimes in Fort Worth in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fort Worth is 502.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 199.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fort Worth each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's 35.83% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 12.51% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fort Worth

25,989
Property Crimes
2,739.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
40.18%
Above The National Average
  • There were 25,989 property crimes in Fort Worth in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fort Worth is 2,739.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 36.5 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 40.18% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 22.03% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 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 75,993 1,138 1,497.5 1,417.2 80.3
North Richland Hills, TX 70,108 1,552 2,213.7 1,986.9 226.8
Grapevine, TX 50,988 1,572 3,083.1 2,941.9 141.2
Bedford, TX 48,579 1,174 2,416.7 2,206.7 210.0
Keller, TX 45,080 345 765.3 667.7 97.6
Hurst, TX 39,796 1,036 2,603.3 2,357.0 246.3
Southlake, TX 30,949 392 1,266.6 1,214.9 51.7
Colleyville, TX 25,897 128 494.3 436.3 57.9
Saginaw, TX 23,993 360 1,500.4 1,254.5 245.9
Watauga, TX 23,027 325 1,411.4 1,237.7 173.7

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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