The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Stephenville, TX
Stephenville is a city of 27,400 in Erath County, about 45 miles southwest of downtown Weatherford · Updated November 2026
Is Stephenville, TX safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Stephenville: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Stephenville run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 902 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Stephenville as a whole, and 33% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Stephenville scores 902.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Stephenville, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Stephenville, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Stephenville
Reported rapes run above the US rate. Stephenville has less crime than the US as a whole, 41% below the US rate, but more reported rapes: 0.58 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
Car thefts and burglaries both run low. In Stephenville, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.81 car thefts and 0.86 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Stephenville
Every part of Stephenville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Stephenville run from A+ to B+; 83% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Stephenville, the northeast side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Stephenville?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Stephenville is down 37%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 19 to 12 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 30% and property crime rose 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
StephenvilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Stephenville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Stephenville
Violent, US
Property, Stephenville
Property, US
2016
-23%
+4%
+21%
+15%
2017
-0%
+4%
-2%
+12%
2018
-22%
+0%
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
+4%
-17%
-8%
2021
+36%
+6%
-46%
-10%
2022
+22%
+5%
-41%
-6%
2023
+39%
+2%
-45%
-7%
2024
-3%
-4%
-38%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Stephenville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Stephenville has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 41% less than the US as a whole and 48% less than Texas.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Stephenville is assault, about 41% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Stephenville
Stephenville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Stephenville, 74% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 53% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (74%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Stephenville compares with nearby cities
Stephenville has the most crime of its 5 nearest cities.
One thing sets Stephenville apart: it has 15.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Stephenville: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 66% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 78% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.77% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.55 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 70% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Stephenville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Stephenville about $735 a year per household, 39% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $24 million a year, or $891 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$54
Rape
$950,000
$35
Robbery
$91,000
$3
Assault
$2.4 million
$87
Burglary
$210,000
$8
Theft
$1.2 million
$44
Vehicle theft
$340,000
$12
Arson
$25,000
$1
Vandalism
$380,000
$14
Total
$7.1 million
$258
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Stephenville means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Stephenville, TX average a SchoolGrade of A-: 52% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Stephenville on SchoolGrade
