Photo: Stedil · CC BY-SA 4.0Roman Forest reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Roman Forest’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety.
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 Roman Forest
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 Texas towns on Roman Forest’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Woodbranch (A+), Patton Village (B+). 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 Roman Forest’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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Roman Forest property | Rest of Texas property | Roman Forest violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35.2 | 27.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 34.7 | 26.3 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 36.6 | 23.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 24.8 | 20.6 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 25 property crimes reported
And about 2 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Roman Forest’s police reported 27 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.7 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 | Roman Forest | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
69 crimes reported in 2025
6 violent and 63 property, as reported to the FBI by Roman Forest’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Roman Forest’s roads in 2019–2023
Roman Forest had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Texas towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Roman Forest’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Roman Forest’s own rate (17.1) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Roman Forest and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Forest | D | 3.7 | 31.9 |
| Woodbranch | A+ | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Patton Village | B+ | 1.7 | 4.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Roman Forest. 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 Roman Forest’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,541 in 2025); our figure for Roman Forest is 2,347 (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 Roman Forest
Is Roman Forest, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Roman Forest reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade. Its police reported 3.7 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 Roman Forest?
3.7 violent and 31.9 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.
Is crime going up or down in Roman Forest?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Roman Forest safer than Woodbranch?
Woodbranch reports less crime per resident than Roman Forest: Woodbranch grades A+ for safety and Roman Forest D. Woodbranch’s police reported 0.0 violent and 0.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Roman Forest?
Roman Forest’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Roman Forest”. 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.