Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Wylie has less violent crime per resident than three in four U.S. towns
Scored on crimes Wylie’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on B+ for safety: #61 of 471 graded towns in Texas. The yearly rates were 0.7 violent crime and 7.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. Among its 4 neighbors with figures, 3 record 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 Wylie
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Texas towns on Wylie’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Parker (A), Murphy (A−), Sachse (A−), Lavon (C+). Lucas has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Wylie’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 87% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 74% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Wylie’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 | Wylie | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Wylie’s police reported 139 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 Wylie 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 | Wylie property | Rest of Texas property | Wylie violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.8 | 27.4 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 26.4 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 8.6 | 23.9 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 6.0 | 20.6 | 0.8 | 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.
439 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.
51 violent and 388 property, as reported to the FBI by Wylie’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Wylie’s roads in 2019–2023
Wylie had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Texas towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Wylie’s size would see about 18 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Wylie’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.
Wylie and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lucas has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wylie | B+ | 0.7 | 7.3 |
| Fulshear | A | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| Little Elm | B+ | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| Celina | B+ | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Rowlett | B− | 1.8 | 12.7 |
| Victoria | C− | 3.7 | 20.0 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Wylie’s population (63,842), 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 Wylie. 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 Wylie’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (64,291 in 2025); our figure for Wylie is 63,842 (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 Wylie
Is Wylie, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Wylie reports less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #61 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 0.7 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 Wylie?
0.7 violent and 7.3 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.
How many homicides were there in Wylie in 2025?
Wylie’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Wylie safer than Sachse?
Sachse reports less crime per resident than Wylie: Sachse grades A− for safety and Wylie B+. Sachse’s police reported 0.6 violent and 7.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Wylie?
Wylie’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wylie”. 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.