Willow Park, TX has a B safety grade (70/100) with a violent crime rate of 205 per 100,000, 42% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · small city

Willow Park, TX Crime Rate & Safety

Willow Park is a small municipal reporter (7,305 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with TX and U.S. context.

Data updated 2026-09-05

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B
Safety grade
1,122.5
Property / 100K
205.3
Violent / 100K
7K
Population

Willow Park, TX is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 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.

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.

Willow Park's 2024 municipal footprint

Across 6.4 Census sq mi, Willow Park logged 12.7 property and 2.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.

Willow Park leans on larceny-theft at 44% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,217.

Violent offenses are 15% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.

Willow Park offense mix (2024)

Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.4 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
+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
Property Crime 82 1122.5
Larceny-Theft 43 588.6
Burglary 31 424.4
Motor Vehicle Theft 8 109.5
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 15 205.3
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
8001,0001,2001,4001,6001,800 20202021202220232024 1,123

Willow Park violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
205.3/100K 12.4% vs 2023
50100150200250300350 20202021202220232024 205
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 6,096 114.8 967.8
2021 Comparable 6,244 96.1 1281.2
2022 Comparable 5,427 294.8 1713.7
2023 Comparable 6,023 182.6 1112.4
2024 Comparable 7,305 205.3 1122.5

How Willow Park sits among TX peers

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Willow Park vs. similar-size TX cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Willow Park vs. similar-size TX cities, violent vs. property crime 122 1,507 Violent crime per 100K → 597 2,180 Property crime per 100K → Willow Park SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Read the chart as a list
  • Willow Park: 205 violent, 1123 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Seminole: 178 violent, 864 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • River Oaks: 220 violent, 1194 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Lacy-Lakeview: 422 violent, 1526 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Gonzales: 1395 violent, 1989 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Sealy: 176 violent, 894 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Nolanville: 135 violent, 663 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Lindale: 180 violent, 1538 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Bulverde: 148 violent, 2019 property per 100,000 (grade B)

Willow Park Police Department

Reporting agency for Willow Park NIBRS-participating

Willow Park Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Willow Park's 97 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 Willow Park in population. Their populations run from 7,217 to 7,431, against 7,305 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Willow Park's closest TX violent-rate matches

Willow Park sits at 205.3/100K violent (grade B); the Texas cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.

More about Willow Park's 2024 record

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.

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.

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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.

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