Mineral Wells is a city of 19,800 in Palo Pinto County, about 75 miles west of downtown Dallas · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Mineral Wells?
Mineral Wells earns an A for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 50% of Americans live. Assaults make up 93% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 858 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Mineral Wells as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Mineral Wells scores 858.
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 Mineral Wells, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mineral Wells, 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 about violent crime in Mineral Wells
Reported rapes run high for a city with an A for violent crime. Mineral Wells has 0.75 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for violent crime, the figure is 0.25.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Mineral Wells
Most of Mineral Wells grades well for violent crime: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Violent crime grades across Mineral Wells run from A+ to C+.
96%
A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is violent crime going up in Mineral Wells?
Reported violent crime in Mineral Wells has risen 60% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 3.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Mineral WellsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Mineral Wells. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Mineral Wells
Violent, US
2016
+98%
+4%
2017
+90%
+4%
2018
+66%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+69%
+4%
2021
-5%
+6%
2022
+0%
+5%
2023
+93%
+2%
2024
+60%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Mineral Wells
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mineral Wells has about 15 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% more than the US as a whole and close to Texas.
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 Mineral Wells, 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 Mineral Wells
Mineral Wells has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Mineral Wells, 66% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Aggravated assault
Homes (66%)
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 Mineral Wells and nearby cities
Mineral Wells has the most violent crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Mineral Wells. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Mineral Wells has more violent crime than 75% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Mineral Wells apart: it has 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Mineral Wells: 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 assault. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 60% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.34 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 64% 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 violent crime costs Mineral Wells
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Mineral Wells about $20 million a year, or $1,015 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $4.9 million, or $247 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 76% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$52
Rape
$890,000
$45
Robbery
$150,000
$7
Assault
$2.8 million
$142
Total
$4.9 million
$247
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
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.
