Fort Worth, TX crime rate
In 2025 the Fort Worth Police Department reported 374.9 violent crimes and 2,222.2 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Texas and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Fort Worth compare with Texas and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Fort Worth only.
What offenses were reported in Fort Worth, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Texas | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 3,863 | 374.9 | 344.9 | 327.6 | down 19.4% | down 34.6% |
| Murder | 78 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | up 5.6% | down 38.7% |
| Rape | 507 | 49.2 | 47.6 | 36.1 | down 20.0% | down 30.3% |
| Robbery | 620 | 60.2 | 52.0 | 49.4 | down 17.3% | down 20.2% |
| Aggravated assault | 2,658 | 258.0 | 240.7 | 238.0 | down 20.3% | down 37.8% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 22,898 | 2,222.2 | 1,786.0 | 1,534.8 | down 18.8% | down 16.4% |
| Burglary | 2,896 | 281.1 | 246.6 | 193.6 | down 18.9% | down 25.3% |
| Larceny-theft | 16,292 | 1,581.1 | 1,291.2 | 1,144.1 | down 15.0% | down 15.9% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 3,618 | 351.1 | 248.2 | 197.0 | down 32.1% | down 9.7% |
| Arson | 92 | 8.9 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 31.5% | down 29.9% |
Reported = offenses known to the Fort Worth Police Department and sent to the FBI. Texas and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Fort Worth's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 78 | 57 |
| Murder | 2024 | 72 | 47 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 620 | 508 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 726 | 631 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 2,658 | 1,617 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 3,230 | 2,033 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 2,896 | 2,712 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 3,456 | 3,259 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 3,618 | 3,613 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 5,158 | 5,046 |
City count: CFW Police Crime Data Table, City of Fort Worth (data.fortworthtexas.gov), checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Fort Worth | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 573.0 | 387.0 | 453.0 |
| 2022 | 514.0 | 388.7 | 436.2 |
| 2023 | 498.3 | 379.5 | 407.3 |
| 2024 | 465.3 | 362.9 | 394.5 |
| 2025 | 374.9 | 327.6 | 344.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Fort Worth | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,657.1 | 1,832.3 | 2,171.9 |
| 2022 | 2,769.9 | 1,973.8 | 2,309.2 |
| 2023 | 2,680.1 | 1,934.1 | 2,229.3 |
| 2024 | 2,736.2 | 1,761.1 | 2,055.5 |
| 2025 | 2,222.2 | 1,534.8 | 1,786.0 |
Is Fort Worth safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Fort Worth Police Department reported, 374.9 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Texas's 344.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 19.4% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In Fort Worth, 3,863 violent crimes were reported to the FBI in 2025, a rate of 374.9 per 100,000 residents covered by the Fort Worth Police Department. The rate was 1.1 times both the Texas estimate of 344.9 and the US rate of 327.6. For property crime, 2,222.2 per 100,000 was 1.2 times the state's 1,786.0 and 1.4 times the national 1,534.8.
The violent rate has fallen 34.6% since 2021, when it stood at 573.0, and 19.4% since 2024. Property crime dropped 18.8% from 2024 to 2025, leaving it 16.4% lower than in 2021. Of the violent offenses, aggravated assault fell the most from 2024 to 2025, 20.3%, and it made up 69% of violent crime.
Murder had the largest fall from 2021 to 2025, 38.7%. In 2025 there were 78 homicides, 7.6 per 100,000, a rise of 5.6% from 2024. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses from 2024 to 2025, 32.1%, to 351.1 per 100,000.
Larceny-theft made up 71% of property crime. All 12 months were reported for each of the 5 years shown; NIBRS reporting dates from 2005. The department had 2.07 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
The Denton, Parker and Tarrant county sheriff's offices and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.07 per 1,000 residents (1,768 officers, 367 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Texas cities
The nearest Texas cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Fort Worth Police Department (ORI TX2201200), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Texas and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX2201200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Worth Police Department (TX2201200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_TX2201200__from-2021-to-2025.json)