Photo: © Travis K. Witt · CC BY-SA 4.0Wichita Falls reports more crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 16% from 2023 to 2025. Still, on crimes reported by Wichita Falls’ police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #401 of 471 graded towns in Texas, and #170 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. For every 1,000 residents, 4.0 violent crimes and 24.2 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Texas, the figures are 4.3 and 23.6.
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 Wichita Falls
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Wichita Falls’ police reported 4 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 5.5 per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the rest of Texas (6.0) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Texas
55.5 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (47 reported in 2025), below the rest of Texas (75.2) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Wichita Falls reports less crime per resident than 48% (#170). Places like it ↓
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 Wichita Falls’ 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Wichita Falls property | Rest of Texas property | Wichita Falls violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.7 | 27.3 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 24.9 | 26.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 26.2 | 23.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 3.5 | 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.
Crime in Wichita Falls 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Wichita Falls | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Wichita Falls | Rest of Texas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 51.3 | 89.6 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 61.3 | 84.5 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 59.4 | 78.4 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 45.9 | 63.2 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Wichita Falls’ police reported 4 homicides, 47 robberies and 360 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Texas and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
2,564 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.
360 violent and 2,204 property, as reported to the FBI by Wichita Falls’ police.
51 people died in crashes on Wichita Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
Wichita Falls had 48 fatal crashes in five years, in which 51 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 9.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 100,000+ people (8.4, 43 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.
Wichita Falls and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Falls | C− | 4.0 | 24.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Falls | C− | 4.0 | 24.2 |
| Sugar Land | B | 0.7 | 13.0 |
| Georgetown | B− | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Edinburg | C | 2.6 | 18.0 |
| San Angelo | C− | 2.6 | 24.3 |
| Beaumont | D− | 11.5 | 31.9 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Wichita Falls’ population (101,951), 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 Wichita Falls. 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 Wichita Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (102,345 in 2025); our figure for Wichita Falls is 101,951 (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 Wichita Falls
Is Wichita Falls, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Wichita Falls reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #401 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 4.0 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 Wichita Falls?
4.0 violent and 24.2 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.
How many homicides were there in Wichita Falls in 2025?
Wichita Falls’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Wichita Falls?
Wichita Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wichita Falls”. 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.