Willow Park, TX carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 42% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Willow Park, TX shows violent crime at 205.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,122.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 42% 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
205.3/100K violent
1122.5/100K property
-42% vs U.S.
The verdict
Willow Park earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 42% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-42%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
45th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,122.5
property crimes per 100K
Based on 15 reported violent incidents in a population of 7,305. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Willow Park, TX
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 114.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 205.3 in 2024 (+78.8%). The highest observed value was 294.8 in 2022 and the lowest 96.1 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Willow Park reported 15 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 7,305. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Willow Park's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Willow Park's 205.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Shallowater (205.5), Denton (204.2), Hawkins (207.6), Meridian (208.0). 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
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 52.4% of reported property offenses in Willow Park, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (31) and motor vehicle theft (8). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Willow Park sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 205.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Willow Park ranks 302 of 686 — above 384 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +14.8% 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 Willow Park'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.
Based on 15 reported violent incidents in a population of 7,305. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+12.4%
182.6 → 205.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.9%
1112.4 → 1122.5/100K
Property offenses lead Willow Park's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
82
1122.5
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
43
588.6
-
Burglary
31
424.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
8
109.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
15
205.3
394.7
Aggravated Assault
12
164.3
-
Rape
3
41.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Willow Park Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Willow Park property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,122.5/100K↑0.9%vs 2023
Willow Park violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
205.3/100K↑12.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
6,096
114.8
967.8
66
2021
Comparable
6,244
96.1
1281.2
86
2022
Comparable
5,427
294.8
1713.7
109
2023
Comparable
6,023
182.6
1112.4
78
2024
Comparable
7,305
205.3
1122.5
97
How Willow Park sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Willow Park Police Department NIBRS-participating
Willow Park's crime figures on this page originate from Willow Park 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 Willow Park in population. Their populations run from 7,217 to 7,431, against 7,305 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Willow Park's 205.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Willow Park has a violent crime rate of 205.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1122.5 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Willow Park, TX safe? ▼
Willow Park receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 70/100. The violent crime rate is 42% below the national average and 48% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Willow Park, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Willow Park is 7,305 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Willow Park? ▼
In 2024, Willow Park reported 15 violent crimes and 82 property crimes, for a total of 97 reported offenses.
How do Willow Park's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Willow Park recorded about one reported offense per 75 residents and one reported violent offense per 487 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Willow Park? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Willow Park's violent crime rate increased by 12.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.9%.
What is the most common crime in Willow Park? ▼
The most common crime type in Willow Park is larceny-theft, accounting for 44.3% of all reported crimes (43 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Willow Park is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Willow Park, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.