Photo: Smarty9108 · CC BY-SA 4.0For property crime, North Richland Hills trails 79% of U.S. towns per resident
The graded rate fell 22% from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 1.9 violent crimes and 20.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. Even so, its letter overall is C (#307 of 471 graded towns in Texas): more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025.
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 North Richland Hills
3 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Texas towns on North Richland Hills’ borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Colleyville (A), Keller (A−), Watauga (B), Hurst (C), Haltom City (C−), Richland Hills (C−). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind North Richland Hills’ 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 (1.9) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | North Richland Hills property | Rest of Texas property | North Richland Hills violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.9 | 27.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 22.6 | 26.3 | 2.0 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 22.3 | 23.9 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 17.7 | 20.6 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | North Richland Hills | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Richland Hills’ police reported 412 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in North Richland Hills per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,380 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
110 violent and 1,270 property, as reported to the FBI by North Richland Hills’ police.
16 people died in crashes on North Richland Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
North Richland Hills had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Texas towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.1, 88 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.
North Richland Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Richland Hills | C | 1.9 | 20.9 |
| Haltom City | C− | 3.2 | 21.5 |
| Hurst | C | 2.6 | 21.7 |
| Keller | A− | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| Richland Hills | C− | 3.0 | 24.4 |
| Watauga | B | 1.3 | 10.6 |
| Colleyville | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Richland Hills | C | 1.9 | 20.9 |
| Kyle | B | 1.9 | 8.5 |
| Rowlett | B− | 1.8 | 12.7 |
| Pflugerville | C+ | 1.8 | 15.6 |
| Victoria | C− | 3.7 | 20.0 |
| Harlingen | C− | 2.7 | 25.8 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to North Richland Hills’ population (70,843), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 North Richland Hills. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against North Richland Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (71,725 in 2025); our figure for North Richland Hills is 70,843 (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 North Richland Hills
Is North Richland Hills, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Richland Hills reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #307 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.9 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 North Richland Hills?
1.9 violent and 20.9 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.
How many homicides were there in North Richland Hills in 2025?
North Richland Hills’s police reported 6 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 8.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is North Richland Hills safer than Haltom City?
Haltom City reports more crime per resident than North Richland Hills: Haltom City grades C− for safety and North Richland Hills C. Haltom City’s police reported 3.2 violent and 21.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Richland Hills?
North Richland Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Richland Hills”. 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.