Far South, Fort Worth, TX Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Far South is a neighborhood of 37,600 residents in Fort Worth, about 10 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Far South?
Violent crime is high in Far South: a B+, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 71% of Americans live. Assaults make up 93% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Fort Worth as a whole grades B- for violent crime.
B+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 732 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Far South as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Far South scores 732.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Far South, Fort Worth, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Far South 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
How Far South compares within Fort Worth
Low violent crime is the norm across Far South: 89% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Violent crime grades across Far South run from A to C.
89%11%
A or B 89%C 11%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Far South has less violent crime than 11 of the 19 neighborhoods in Fort Worth. It covers much of the South East area and the Southside, Sycamore, and TCU-West Cliff areas.
Is violent 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. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.6 to 4.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent 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
2016
+15%
+4%
2017
+24%
+4%
2018
+12%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+24%
+4%
2021
+26%
+6%
2022
+10%
+5%
2023
+7%
+2%
2024
-1%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Far South
CrimeGrade™ estimates Far South has about 8.8 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 34% less than the US as a whole and 41% less than Fort Worth as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Far South, about 93% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Police Department polices Far South; these figures cover Fort Worth as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Fort Worth as a whole, 50% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 41% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in Far South and nearby neighborhoods
Far South has less violent crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Far South. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Far South is safer than 55% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Far South apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (5 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 0.2 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report less assault, yet assault runs higher here than that would suggest.
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 assault. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Far South: F (1 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 75% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 64% 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 violent crime costs Far South
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Far South about $38 million a year, or $1,008 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $7.6 million, or $203 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
