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Watford City, ND crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 29 per one thousand residents, Watford City has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 34. Within North Dakota, more than 96% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Watford City.

Importantly, when you compare Watford City to other communities of similar population, then Watford City crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Watford City does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Watford City does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Watford City.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Watford City occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Watford City; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 301. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Watford City experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Watford City is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Watford City, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 38, which is a rate of 26 per one thousand population.

Watford City Crime Data

total Crime Index

10

(100 is safest)


Safer than 10% of U.S. cities.

Watford City Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

20

157

177

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

3.32

26.08

29.40

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
3.32
2.67
National Median: 4
    Watford City
    North Dakota

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 301

in Watford City

1 in 374

in North Dakota

Watford City Violent Crimes

Population: 6,020
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 1 4 0 15
Rate per 1,000 0.17 0.66 0.00 2.49

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
26.08
19.41
National Median: 19
    Watford City
    North Dakota

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 38

in Watford City

1 in 52

in North Dakota

Property Crimes

Population: 6,020
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 9 131 17
Rate per 1,000 1.50 21.76 2.82

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Watford City Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
125
17
National Median: 26.5
    Watford City
    North Dakota

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