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Wilmer, TX crime & safety

Wilmer's reported crime rate is above Texas's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 25 violent crimes were reported in 2025.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Wilmer compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

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Wilmer’s Safety Grade: C-

Wilmer reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 78% report less.

CViolent crimeC-Property crime→Steady since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 22%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Texas towns we grade (571)Safer than 18%
Places of 5,000–25,000 people (2,890)Safer than 21%
Good confidence. Built on 501 incidents over 3 years. With counts this size, ordinary swings could put Wilmer anywhere from C- to C.
How the Safety Grade works
  • One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in TX ranking.
  • Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
  • Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
  • Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
  • What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025

Wilmer at a glance

Violent crime
3.6
per 1,000 residents · Texas 3.5
Property crime
23.8
per 1,000 residents · Texas 18.1
Incidents reported
192
25 violent · 167 property
Since 2022
▲ 87%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Wilmer 3.6
Texas 3.5
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Wilmer 23.8
Texas 18.1
U.S. 15.5
Trend

Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025

WilmerTexas
0510152025 2022202320242025 Property Violent
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
YearWilmer propertyTexas propertyWilmer violentTexas violent
202212.723.42.74.4
202321.622.72.94.2
202419.920.73.44
202523.818.13.63.5
What gets reported

2025, by type

Larceny / theft
108
Burglary
32
Vehicle theft
27
Aggravated assault
16
Robbery
5
Rape
4
Homicide
0
Arson
0

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Wilmer safe

Local public safety

👮 Wilmer Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.

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Next door

Wilmer and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
TownGradeViolentPropertyYear
WilmerC-3.623.82025
FerrisC+1.77.52025
LancasterD3.520.62025
HutchinsD427.22025
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can't tell you

  • It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
  • Small numbers swing. In a town of about 7,000, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
  • Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.

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