Fort Worth Homicide
Fort Worth · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Fort Worth police open data recorded 62 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 54,541 incidents reported in the city that year and up 24.0% from 2024. That is about 6.2 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 37 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Fort Worth by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 37 | — | — |
| 2025 | 62 | 6.2 | up 24.0% |
| 2024 | 50 | 5.0 | down 10.7% |
| 2023 | 56 | 5.6 | down 15.2% |
| 2022 | 66 | 6.5 | down 25.8% |
| 2021 | 89 | 8.8 | up 8.5% |
| 2020 | 82 | 8.1 | up 57.7% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 573 homicide incidents.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Fort Worth in 2025?
62, according to Fort Worth Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is homicide going up or down in Fort Worth?
Reported homicide was up 24.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 6.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Fort Worth Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Fort Worth
- Fort Worth other 19,225 in 2025
- Fort Worth theft 13,906 in 2025
- Fort Worth assault 7,142 in 2025
- Fort Worth theft from vehicle 4,549 in 2025
- Fort Worth vandalism 3,855 in 2025
- Fort Worth burglary 2,729 in 2025
- Fort Worth auto theft 1,536 in 2025
- Fort Worth fraud 997 in 2025
- Fort Worth robbery 524 in 2025
- Fort Worth sexual assault 16 in 2025