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Watford City Crime Rate Report (North Dakota)

Watford City crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Watford City for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Watford City in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 18.13% and the city property crime rate in Watford City was higher than the national property crime rate average by 27.14%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Watford City was higher than the violent crime rate in North Dakota by 62.57% and the city property crime rate in Watford City was higher than the property crime rate in North Dakota by 33.8%.

Property and Violent Crime
Watford City Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Watford City Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Watford City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault16
Arson0
Burglary4
Larceny and Theft110
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape8
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)123
Property Crime121
Violent Crime24
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault14
Arson0
Burglary1
Larceny and Theft108
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape6
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)123
Property Crime121
Violent Crime21

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Watford City Property Crime

Watford City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Watford City Crime 2025

Watford City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Watford City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Watford City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Watford City, North Dakota crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Watford City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 20 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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