TCU-West Cliff is a neighborhood of 41,200 residents in Fort Worth, about 4 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is TCU-West Cliff in Fort Worth safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, TCU-West Cliff has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B. Fort Worth as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within TCU-West Cliff run from A to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 750 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than TCU-West Cliff as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. TCU-West Cliff scores 750.
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 TCU-West Cliff, Fort Worth, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in TCU-West Cliff in Fort Worth, 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 TCU-West Cliff
Simple assault runs low. TCU-West Cliff has 4.2 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 9.7.
How TCU-West Cliff compares within Fort Worth
Most of TCU-West Cliff grades well: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across TCU-West Cliff run from A to C; 24% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
81%19%
A or B 81%C 19%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
TCU-West Cliff has less crime than 14 of the 19 neighborhoods in Fort Worth. It covers much of the Southside, Sycamore, and TCU-West Cliff areas and the Wedgwood area.
Is crime going up in Fort Worth?
Reported violent crime in Fort Worth as a whole peaked in 2021 and has fallen 21% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 2% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.6 to 4.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 27 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Fort WorthUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Fort Worth. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Fort Worth
Violent, US
Property, Fort Worth
Property, US
2016
+15%
+4%
+21%
+15%
2017
+24%
+4%
+18%
+12%
2018
+12%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+24%
+4%
+4%
-8%
2021
+26%
+6%
-2%
-10%
2022
+10%
+5%
+0%
-6%
2023
+7%
+2%
-3%
-7%
2024
-1%
-4%
-2%
-15%
Crime rates and types in TCU-West Cliff
CrimeGrade™ estimates TCU-West Cliff has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 32% less than Fort Worth as a whole.
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.
Theft is the most common crime in TCU-West Cliff, about 48% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Police Department polices TCU-West Cliff; these figures cover Fort Worth as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Fort Worth as a whole, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 42% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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 TCU-West Cliff compares with nearby neighborhoods
TCU-West Cliff has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Far Southwest has less.
Empty homes, tree cover and walkability in TCU-West Cliff
One thing sets TCU-West Cliff apart: it has 12.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.12.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.20% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 67% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (29 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 58% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 TCU-West Cliff: D+ (22 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 78% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 TCU-West Cliff
Crime costs TCU-West Cliff about $1,144 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 5% 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 $48 million a year, or $1,175 per resident.
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 TCU-West Cliff 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
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 TCU-West Cliff, Fort Worth, TX average a SchoolGrade of C-: 43% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in TCU-West Cliff on SchoolGrade
