Bedford, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Bedford, TX Summary

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

  • There were 1,174 total crimes committed in Bedford the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,416.7 total crimes per 100K people in Bedford.
  • The overall crime rate in Bedford is 3.98% above the national average.
  • Bedford ranks #511 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Bedford ranks #7,338 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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Bedford Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bedford is 2,416.7 per 100,000 people. That's 3.98% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -10.21% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bedford
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,174 2,416.7 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 1 2.1 6.6 6.3
Robbery 18 37.1 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 62 127.6 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 102 210.0 446.5 369.8
Burglary 115 236.7 370.7 269.8
Larceny 856 1,762.1 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 101 207.9 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 1,072 2,206.7 2,245.0 1,954.4

Bedford 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 Bedford

102
Violent Crimes
210.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-43.22%
Below The National Average
  • There were 102 violent crimes in Bedford in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bedford is 210.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 476.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bedford each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -43.22% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -52.97% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bedford

1,072
Property Crimes
2,206.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
12.91%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,072 property crimes in Bedford in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bedford is 2,206.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 45.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bedford each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 12.91% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -1.71% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Bedford

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Carrollton, TX 133,610 2,495 1,867.4 1,660.8 206.6
Lewisville, TX 113,568 2,839 2,499.8 2,205.7 294.1
Flower Mound, TX 78,167 644 823.9 776.5 47.3
North Richland Hills, TX 70,108 1,552 2,213.7 1,986.9 226.8
Euless, TX 59,901 1,511 2,522.5 2,230.3 292.1
Grapevine, TX 50,988 1,572 3,083.1 2,941.9 141.2
Keller, TX 45,080 345 765.3 667.7 97.6
Coppell, TX 42,021 620 1,475.5 1,380.3 95.2
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

Bedford SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
6
Amenities
9.5
Education
8.5
Commute
7
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