What is the crime rate in Wharton, TX?

In 2025, the Wharton Police Department reported 19 violent crimes and 151 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 216 violent and 1,719 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,782 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: 216
Property per 100,000: 1,719
Violent crimes: 19
Property crimes: 151

Crime reported by the Wharton 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	42	478	196	2,229	8,792
2024	31	353	165	1,879	8,782
2025	19	216	151	1,719	8,782

Violent crimes reported went from 42 in 2023 to 19 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 196 in 2023 to 151 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.

Wharton against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wharton	216	1,719
Wharton County	245	1,148
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 Wharton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wharton	—	216	1,719
El Campo	13 mi	396	1,640
Needville	17 mi	0	285
Wallis	22 mi	290	581
Eagle Lake	23 mi	56	224
Rosenberg	23 mi	197	1,326
Bay City	25 mi	410	1,708
Richmond	27 mi	312	1,082
Fulshear	29 mi	46	224

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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