What is the crime rate in West University Place, TX?

In 2025, the West University Place Police Department reported 5 violent crimes and 161 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 33 violent and 1,060 property crimes per 100,000 of the 15,184 residents it serves.

Across Texas the rates were 348 and 1,809.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 33
Property per 100,000: 1,060
Violent crimes: 5
Property crimes: 161

Crime reported by the West University Place Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	12	82	166	1,130	14,686
2024	8	54	146	992	14,720
2025	5	33	161	1,060	15,184

Violent crimes reported went from 12 in 2023 to 5 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 166 in 2023 to 161 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

West University Place against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
West University Place	33	1,060
Texas	348	1,809
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near West University Place, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
West University Place	—	33	1,060
Southside Place	0.5 mi	0	1,193
Bellaire	1.9 mi	137	2,605
Houston	5.5 mi	888	3,837
Spring Valley Village	6.7 mi	90	1,420
Hedwig Village	6.9 mi	419	3,977
Stafford	10 mi	450	2,606
Meadows Place	10 mi	130	2,066
Jacinto City	12 mi	117	2,639

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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