Stephenville, TX is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Stephenville, TX shows violent crime at 179.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,160.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
179.9/100K violent
1160.5/100K property
-49% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Stephenville, TX
Comparable rate records
Stephenville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Stephenville's 179.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Cedar Hill (179.9), Lindale (180.1), Dilley (178.9), Grapevine (178.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 84.9% of reported property offenses in Stephenville, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (22) and motor vehicle theft (17). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 160.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 179.9 in 2024 (+12.0%). The highest observed value was 260.1 in 2023 and the lowest 160.7 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Stephenville sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 179.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Stephenville ranks 342 of 686 — above 344 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +0.6% against the cohort median of 178.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Stephenville's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Stephenville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 12 Census sq mi, Stephenville logged 21.6 property and 3.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Stephenville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 298 offenses; mix index 5,565).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (12 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-30.8%
260.1 → 179.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
+12.5%
1031.4 → 1160.5/100K
Property offenses lead Stephenville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
258
1160.5
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
219
985.1
-
Burglary
22
99
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
76.5
-
Arson
1
4.5
-
Violent Crime
40
179.9
394.7
Aggravated Assault
22
99
-
Rape
14
63
-
Murder
2
9
-
Robbery
2
9
-
Stephenville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Stephenville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Stephenville: 180 violent, 1161 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Alton: 836 violent, 1089 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Dickinson: 214 violent, 1056 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Watauga: 115 violent, 854 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Manor: 131 violent, 1587 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Terrell: 305 violent, 1557 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Boerne: 108 violent, 1179 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Big Spring: 762 violent, 2786 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Murphy: 43 violent, 474 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Stephenville Police Department
Reporting agency for Stephenville NIBRS-participating
Stephenville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Stephenville's 298 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Texas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Texas cities closest to Stephenville in population. Their populations run from 20,867 to 23,165, against 22,231 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
In 2024, Stephenville reported 40 violent crimes and 258 property crimes, for a total of 298 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Stephenville?
From 2023 to 2024, Stephenville's violent crime rate decreased by 30.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 12.5%.
What is the most common crime in Stephenville?
The most common crime type in Stephenville is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.5% of all reported crimes (219 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Stephenville figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Stephenville, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.