Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Altus, OK Crime Grade
How Altus grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Oklahoma — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oklahoma
5/10
vs. Oklahoma cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Altus, OK was 237.8 per 100,000 residents (44 incidents over a population of 18,503). That puts Altus 27% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 41% below the Oklahoma statewide rate of 405.9.
That ranks Altus #2,306 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 39% of them, and #21 of 43 in Oklahoma. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 19% over the last five years.
Altus, OK crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Oklahoma Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 237.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,306 of 3,771
- OK rank
- #21 of 43
- Safer than
- 39% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 19%
- Population
- 18,503
- Reporting agency
- Altus Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Altus Police Department (FBI ORI OK0330100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Altus, OK
Also known as
- Frazier
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Altus (red), Oklahoma (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Altus vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 294.3(53) | 266.6(50) | 351.6(65) | 295.5(55) | 237.8(44) |
| Murder | 11.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 10.7(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 27.8(5) | 16.0(3) | 81.1(15) | 64.5(12) | 32.4(6) |
| Robbery | 16.7(3) | 26.7(5) | 5.4(1) | 16.1(3) | 5.4(1) |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Altus, OK Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Altus Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Altus calculated?
- Altus's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Oklahoma state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Oklahoma cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Altus Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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