Wharton, TX Arrest Record Search

Wharton has a population of 8,769. During the past three years, Wharton saw 1,297 arrests. For 2017, the Wharton's arrest rate totaled 384.31 per 10,000 residents. This increase of 21.41% makes Wharton higher than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. From that total, 51 were violent crimes like murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Wharton also totaled 286 arrests for property crimes during 2017.

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Arrest Records by Age & Race

Most of the city arrests fall into 31-40 age group - 34.8%, the least crimes have committed people between 71-80 - 0.7%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to Black race, whilst the least arrests had Hispanic race.

Violent vs. Non-Violent Crimes

Overall, Wharton had a higher rate of non-violent crime. For 2017, Wharton averaged 51 violent crimes and 286 non-violent crimes.

Wharton Violent Crime Types from 2007-2017

The city of Wharton experienced 665 violent crimes during 2007-2017. Of that total, 1 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter. Additionally, 25 was for legacy rape and 2 was for revised rape. The robbery total was 140, and the aggravated assault total was 497.

Wharton City Police Department

It is situated in Wharton county, Texas with a total number of 35 employees - 1 female, 25 male officers and 9 civilians. Wharton PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is TX2410200, it belongs to the West South Central division in the South region with a region code of Region III.