West Lake Hills sees more property crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns
Overall, West Lake Hills grades C− for safety (#351 of 471 graded towns in Texas): more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Annual rates stand at 0.8 violent crime and 29.3 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. On top of that, among its 2 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident.
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 West Lake Hills
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Texas towns on West Lake Hills’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Rollingwood (C+), Austin (D). Neighbors ↓
A job center
West Lake Hills has 5,039 jobs based in town for 3,229 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind West Lake Hills’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds West Lake Hills’ grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | West Lake Hills | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West Lake Hills’ police reported 8 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 West Lake 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | West Lake Hills property | Rest of Texas property | West Lake Hills violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.1 | 27.3 | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 29.1 | 26.3 | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 28.4 | 23.9 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 30.4 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
99 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.
3 violent and 96 property, as reported to the FBI by West Lake Hills’ police.
No one died in a crash on West Lake Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
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 West Lake Hills’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Lake Hills’s own rate (0.0) 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.
West Lake Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lake Hills | C− | 0.8 | 29.3 |
| Austin | D | 4.6 | 32.0 |
| Rollingwood | C+ | 1.2 | 17.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lake Hills | C− | 0.8 | 29.3 |
| Crane | A− | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| Combes | B− | 1.7 | 11.1 |
| La Villa | B− | 2.6 | 10.2 |
| Cactus | C+ | 3.7 | 6.0 |
| Onalaska | C | 4.3 | 14.3 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to West Lake Hills’ population (3,229), 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 West Lake Hills. 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 West Lake Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,155 in 2025); our figure for West Lake Hills is 3,229 (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 West Lake Hills
Is West Lake Hills, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West Lake Hills reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #351 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 0.8 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 West Lake Hills?
0.8 violent and 29.3 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 West Lake Hills safer than Austin?
Austin reports more crime per resident than West Lake Hills: Austin grades D for safety and West Lake Hills C−. Austin’s police reported 4.6 violent and 32.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West Lake Hills?
West Lake Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Lake 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.