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Fort Worth police roll out data-driven crime reduction plan, target violent hot spots
By Drew Shaw at Fort Worth Report
· June 3, 2026
· 4 min read
Fort Worth police are taking a “surgical” approach to reducing crime block by block. The police department worked with criminologists at the University of Texas at San Antonio to divide Fort Worth’s geography into a grid of 92,348 football-field-sized cells. Officials then identified which areas wer
Key takeaway Smith said since 2021, about 6,740 cells in Fort Worth saw violent crime, which includes street murder, robbery or aggravated assaults.
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Category: safety ·
Published: June 3, 2026 ·
Source: Fort Worth Report ·
Reading time: 4 min
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