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Fort Worth, TX crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 32 per one thousand residents, Fort Worth has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 31. Within Texas, more than 91% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Fort Worth.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Fort Worth has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Fort Worth is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Fort Worth does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Fort Worth.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Fort Worth occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Fort Worth; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 201. This equates to a rate of 5 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Fort Worth experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Fort Worth is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Fort Worth, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 37, which is a rate of 27 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Fort Worth has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Fort Worth is one in 269.

Fort Worth Crime Data

total Crime Index

9

(100 is safest)


Safer than 9% of U.S. cities.

Fort Worth Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

4,768

26,102

30,870

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

4.98

27.28

32.27

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
4.98
4.32
National Median: 4
    Fort Worth
    Texas

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 201

in Fort Worth

1 in 232

in Texas

Fort Worth Violent Crimes

Population: 956,709
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 100 591 689 3,388
Rate per 1,000 0.10 0.62 0.72 3.54

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
27.28
23.0
National Median: 20
    Fort Worth
    Texas

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 37

in Fort Worth

1 in 43

in Texas

Property Crimes

Population: 956,709
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 4,003 18,541 3,558
Rate per 1,000 4.18 19.38 3.72

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Fort Worth Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
89
28
National Median: 27.0
    Fort Worth
    Texas