Forest Hill reports more crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Forest Hill’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C+ for safety: #251 of 471 graded towns in Texas.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TX” is every other Texas city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Forest Hill
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Texas towns on Forest Hill’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Kennedale (B), Fort Worth (D). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Forest Hill’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (15.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Forest Hill’s police reported 90 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Forest Hill | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 13 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
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| Year | Forest Hill property | Rest of Texas property | Forest Hill violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.0 | 27.3 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 17.2 | 26.3 | 2.0 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 23.9 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 12.8 | 20.6 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
222 crimes reported in 2025
38 violent and 184 property, as reported to the FBI by Forest Hill’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
12 people died in crashes on Forest Hill’s roads in 2019–2023
Forest Hill had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 5 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (7 of 12) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 17.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people (7.3, 297 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Forest Hill and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill | C+ | 2.1 | 15.2 |
| Fort Worth | D | 4.4 | 25.1 |
| Kennedale | B | 1.8 | 6.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill | C+ | 2.1 | 15.2 |
| Lumberton | A− | 0.8 | 6.1 |
| Santa Fe | B+ | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| Port Neches | B− | 2.5 | 7.7 |
| Seabrook | B− | 2.1 | 11.9 |
| Athens | C | 3.9 | 15.3 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Forest Hill’s population (14,056), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Forest Hill. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Forest Hill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,410 in 2025); our figure for Forest Hill is 14,056 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Forest Hill
Is Forest Hill, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Forest Hill reports more crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #251 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 2.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Forest Hill?
2.1 violent and 15.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Forest Hill?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Forest Hill safer than Fort Worth?
Fort Worth reports more crime per resident than Forest Hill: Fort Worth grades D for safety and Forest Hill C+. Fort Worth’s police reported 4.4 violent and 25.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Forest Hill?
Forest Hill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Forest Hill”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.