Stephenville, TX carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 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.
The verdict
Stephenville earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-49%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
50th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,160.5
property crimes per 100K
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.
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
Property crime rate (2024)
1,160.5/100K↑12.5%vs 2023
Stephenville violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
179.9/100K↓30.8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
21,777
160.7
1506.2
363
2021
Comparable
22,221
243
976.6
271
2022
Comparable
21,505
227.9
1111.4
288
2023
Comparable
21,911
260.1
1031.4
283
2024
Comparable
22,231
179.9
1160.5
298
How Stephenville sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Stephenville Police Department NIBRS-participating
Stephenville's crime figures on this page originate from Stephenville Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Stephenville's 179.9/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Stephenville has a violent crime rate of 179.9 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1160.5 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Stephenville, TX safe? ▼
Stephenville receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 72/100. The violent crime rate is 49% below the national average and 54% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Stephenville, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Stephenville is 22,231 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Stephenville? ▼
In 2024, Stephenville reported 40 violent crimes and 258 property crimes, for a total of 298 reported offenses.
How do Stephenville's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Stephenville recorded about one reported offense per 75 residents and one reported violent offense per 556 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
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.