Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Elk City, OK Crime Grade
How Elk City 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oklahoma
3/10
vs. Oklahoma cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Elk City, OK was 141.0 per 100,000 residents (16 incidents over a population of 11,349). That puts Elk City 57% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 65% below the Oklahoma statewide rate of 405.9.
That ranks Elk City #1,540 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 59% of them, and #10 of 43 in Oklahoma. Violent crime is down 42% year over year and down 6% over the last five years.
Elk City, OK crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Oklahoma Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 141.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,540 of 3,771
- OK rank
- #10 of 43
- Safer than
- 59% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 42%
- 5-year change
- down 6%
- Population
- 11,349
- Reporting agency
- Elk City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Elk City Police Department (FBI ORI OK0050100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Elk City, OK
Also known as
- Busch
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. Elk City (red), Oklahoma (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Elk City 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 | 150.1(17) | 210.2(24) | 214.7(24) | 241.0(27) | 141.0(16) |
| Murder | 8.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 8.9(1) | 8.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.7(2) | 43.8(5) | 44.7(5) | 71.4(8) | 26.4(3) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 17.5(2) | 17.9(2) | 17.9(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 123.6(14) | 148.9(17) | 143.1(16) | 142.8(16) | 114.5(13) |
| Property crime | 1924.8(218) | 1532.8(175) | 1270.2(142) | 1053.5(118) | 969.2(110) |
| Burglary | 335.5(38) | 280.3(32) | 259.4(29) | 276.8(31) | 202.7(23) |
| Larceny | 1289.1(146) | 1016.0(116) | 867.7(97) | 705.3(79) | 678.5(77) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 291.4(33) | 201.5(23) | 116.3(13) | 53.6(6) | 70.5(8) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Elk City, 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 Elk City 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 Elk City calculated?
- Elk City'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 Elk City 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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