Crime in Wedgwood, Fort Worth, TX

Wedgwood is a neighborhood of 95,700 residents in Fort Worth, about 8 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026

Is Wedgwood in Fort Worth safe?

With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Wedgwood has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 77% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B and property crime C+. Fort Worth as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Wedgwood run from A to F, so check the map below.

B-
Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 601 of 1,000
Less safe than most US neighborhoods What this means

23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wedgwood as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wedgwood scores 601.

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.

B
Violent crimeSafety score 654 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoods
C+
Property crimeSafety score 509 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of Wedgwood

Map of Wedgwood shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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F D C B A+
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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 Wedgwood, Fort Worth, TX at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wedgwood 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 Wedgwood

Car thefts run high. Wedgwood has car thefts at about double the US rate: 5.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.


How Wedgwood compares within Fort Worth

Most of Wedgwood grades well: 52% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 12% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Wedgwood run from A to F; 5% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.

A or B 52%C 36%D or F 12%

Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.

Wedgwood has less crime than 10 of the 19 neighborhoods in Fort Worth. It covers much of the Wedgwood area and the Southside, Sycamore, and TCU-West Cliff areas.


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
YearViolent, Fort WorthViolent, USProperty, Fort WorthProperty, 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 Wedgwood

CrimeGrade™ estimates Wedgwood has about 48 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 Wedgwood, about 42% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderB50.050.05
RapeB-480.500.38
RobberyB+720.750.62
AssaultB1,11111.612.3
Property crime
BurglaryB3503.72.4
TheftC+1,96020.513.1
Vehicle theftC4885.12.7
ArsonA70.070.12
VandalismB5856.15.5

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 Wedgwood; 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.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
BurglaryHomes (51%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theftHomes (37%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from carsHomes (42%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
VandalismHomes (50%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
RobberyStores and businesses (41%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assaultHomes (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 Wedgwood compares with nearby neighborhoods

Wedgwood has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
WedgwoodB-601BC+95,700
Far Southwest 3 milesA-832AA-15,900
Sycamore 4 milesC+496CB-40,500
TCU-West Cliff 4 milesB+750A-B41,200
Far South 5 milesB+732B+B+37,600
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Como 5 milesD-113FC4,950
Southside 5 milesD+270DC-55,400
Fairmount 6 milesB-554BC6,060
Western Hills Fort Worth 6 milesC+512C+C+47,200
Arlington Heights 7 milesB+697B+B-27,400
Downtown Fort Worth 8 milesB638B+C+7,230

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Wedgwood. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Wedgwood is safer than 50% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
WedgwoodB-601BC+95,700
Northwest Raleigh, Raleigh, NCA-831AA-89,400
Buckhead, Atlanta, GAA-829AB+100,800
Northwest, El Paso, TXA-825AA-103,000
Far North Dallas-Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TXA-814A-B+92,000
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
South Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZA-802AB+94,800
Northeast, El Paso, TXB+725B+B+91,900
Central, El Paso, TXB654BB100,500
Northeast Raleigh, Raleigh, NCB627BB-100,700
Southwest Dallas, Dallas, TXC-357D+C+99,700
Hickory Ridge-South Riverdale, Memphis, TNF0FF89,600

Transit, walkability and parking lots in Wedgwood

Wedgwood looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with crime.

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 Wedgwood: D+ (19 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 82% 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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 69% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Lower than for 66% 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 Wedgwood

Crime costs Wedgwood about $1,489 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 23% more 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 $158 million a year, or $1,653 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 Wedgwood 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
  • The Fort Worth Police Department publishes its own crime data

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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data


Schools in Wedgwood

Schools in Wedgwood, Fort Worth, TX average a SchoolGrade of D-: 34% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Wedgwood on SchoolGrade