Watauga, TX Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Watauga, TX Summary

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

  • There were 325 total crimes committed in Watauga the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,411.4 total crimes per 100K people in Watauga.
  • The overall crime rate in Watauga is -39.27% below the national average.
  • Watauga ranks #310 safest out of 683 cities in Texas.
  • Watauga ranks #5,059 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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Watauga Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Watauga is 1,411.4 per 100,000 people. That's -39.27% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -47.56% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Watauga
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 325 1,411.4 2,691.5 2,324.2
Murder 2 8.7 6.6 6.3
Robbery 4 17.4 91.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 31 134.6 302.5 268.2
Violent Crime 40 173.7 446.5 369.8
Burglary 73 317.0 370.7 269.8
Larceny 179 777.3 1,587.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 33 143.3 287.0 282.7
Property Crime 285 1,237.7 2,245.0 1,954.4

Watauga 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 Watauga

40
Violent Crimes
173.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 40 violent crimes in Watauga in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Watauga is 173.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 575.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Watauga each year. That compares to a 1 in 224.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.03% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -61.09% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 446.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Watauga

285
Property Crimes
1,237.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-36.67%
Below The National Average
  • There were 285 property crimes in Watauga in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Watauga is 1,237.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 80.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Watauga each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -36.67% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -44.87% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,245.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Watauga

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
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
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
Colleyville, TX 25,897 128 494.3 436.3 57.9

Watauga SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
8
Amenities
9.5
Education
6
Commute
6
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