Violent crime per resident is lower in West University Place than in 83% of U.S. towns
Its police logs show 0.6 violent crime and 10.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Texas the numbers are 4.3 and 23.6. Taking everything together, West University Place scores B+ (#98 of 471 graded towns in Texas): less crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 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 West University Place
West University Place reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Texas towns on West University Place’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Southside Place (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so West University Place’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 79% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 66% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind West University Place’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | West University Place | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West University Place’s police reported 25 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 University Place 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 fewer than 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 University Place property | Rest of Texas property | West University Place violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.9 | 27.3 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 11.2 | 26.3 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 23.9 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 20.6 | 0.3 | 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.
166 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.
5 violent and 161 property, as reported to the FBI by West University Place’s police.
One person died in crashes on West University Place’s roads in 2019–2023
West University Place had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is fewer than is typical for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of West University Place’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West University Place’s own rate (1.3) 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 University Place and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West University Place | B+ | 0.6 | 10.6 |
| Southside Place | B | 0.5 | 12.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West University Place | B+ | 0.6 | 10.6 |
| Hereford | B− | 1.7 | 10.8 |
| Hidalgo | B− | 1.5 | 13.4 |
| Rio Grande City | C+ | 1.6 | 18.0 |
| Azle | C+ | 2.5 | 15.6 |
| Uvalde | C− | 3.7 | 18.6 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to West University Place’s population (15,158), 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 University Place. 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 University Place’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,184 in 2025); our figure for West University Place is 15,158 (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 University Place
Is West University Place, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West University Place reports less crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #98 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 0.6 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 University Place?
0.6 violent and 10.6 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 University Place safer than Southside Place?
Southside Place reports more crime per resident than West University Place: Southside Place grades B for safety and West University Place B+. Southside Place’s police reported 0.5 violent and 12.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West University Place?
West University Place’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West University Place”. 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.