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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Watauga, TX
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Watauga, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Watauga. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Watauga, TX safe?
Watauga, Texas has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 72 out of 100, grade B, above the Texas statewide score of 53. An estimated 71% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 72 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 71%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- <1%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 19
How Watauga compares
Watauga scores 19 points above the Texas statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Watauga lies in Tarrant County, which has a county Safety Score of 61, grade B.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Watauga.
Neighborhoods inside Watauga
19 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Watauga, 14 of them mostly inside it. Among those 14, the lowest scores 55, the highest 89, and the middle 80% range from 58 to 89.
ZIP codes where Watauga residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Watauga's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Texas
- North Richland Hills Safety Score 63 · grade B · 2.1 miles
- Haltom City Safety Score 40 · grade C · 3.8 miles
- Keller Safety Score 74 · grade B · 4.1 miles
- Hurst Safety Score 61 · grade B · 5.1 miles
- Colleyville Safety Score 79 · grade B · 6.2 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Watauga
Watauga has an estimated 23,120 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 4.2 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 19 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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