Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ardmore, OK Crime Grade
How Ardmore 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oklahoma
10/10
vs. Oklahoma cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ardmore, OK was 1045.8 per 100,000 residents (263 incidents over a population of 25,148). That puts Ardmore Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 158% above the Oklahoma statewide rate of 405.9.
That ranks Ardmore #3,697 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 2% of them, and #43 of 43 in Oklahoma. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and up 53% over the last five years.
Ardmore, OK crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Oklahoma Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1045.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,697 of 3,771
- OK rank
- #43 of 43
- Safer than
- 2% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- up 53%
- Population
- 25,148
- Reporting agency
- Ardmore Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ardmore Police Department (FBI ORI OK0100100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Ardmore (red), Oklahoma (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ardmore 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 | 681.6(169) | 972.0(243) | 1219.0(304) | 1149.2(286) | 1045.8(263) |
| Murder | 12.1(3) | 16.0(4) | 20.0(5) | 8.0(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 121.0(30) | 96.0(24) | 116.3(29) | 84.4(21) | 83.5(21) |
| Robbery | 48.4(12) | 48.0(12) | 40.1(10) | 24.1(6) | 27.8(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 500.1(124) | 812.0(203) | 1042.6(260) | 1032.7(257) | 934.5(235) |
| Property crime | 4061.3(1,007) | 2960.1(740) | 3468.6(865) | 3170.5(789) | 2433.6(612) |
| Burglary | 1016.3(252) | 724.0(181) | 741.8(185) | 434.0(108) | 520.9(131) |
| Larceny | 2593.3(643) | 1836.1(459) | 2337.8(583) | 2394.9(596) | 1658.2(417) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 435.6(108) | 380.0(95) | 372.9(93) | 293.3(73) | 226.7(57) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ardmore, 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 Ardmore 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 Ardmore calculated?
- Ardmore'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 Ardmore 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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