Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
McAlester, OK Crime Grade
How McAlester 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oklahoma
6/10
vs. Oklahoma cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in McAlester, OK was 298.4 per 100,000 residents (54 incidents over a population of 18,095). That puts McAlester 8% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 26% below the Oklahoma statewide rate of 405.9.
That ranks McAlester #2,647 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 30% of them, and #25 of 43 in Oklahoma. Violent crime is down 22% year over year and up 4% over the last five years.
McAlester, OK crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Oklahoma Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 298.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,647 of 3,771
- OK rank
- #25 of 43
- Safer than
- 30% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 22%
- 5-year change
- up 4%
- Population
- 18,095
- Reporting agency
- McAlester Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by McAlester Police Department (FBI ORI OK0610200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About McAlester, OK
Also known as
- South McAlester
- MacAllister
- MacAlister
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. McAlester (red), Oklahoma (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
McAlester 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 | 287.7(51) | 285.4(52) | 271.0(49) | 380.5(69) | 298.4(54) |
| Murder | 5.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.5(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 73.3(13) | 98.8(18) | 60.8(11) | 38.6(7) | 55.3(10) |
| Robbery | 33.8(6) | 43.9(8) | 16.6(3) | 38.6(7) | 5.5(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 174.9(31) | 142.7(26) | 193.6(35) | 297.8(54) | 237.6(43) |
| Property crime | 2701.8(479) | 2651.1(483) | 2411.1(436) | 2382.3(432) | 1989.5(360) |
| Burglary | 524.6(93) | 406.2(74) | 459.0(83) | 397.0(72) | 248.7(45) |
| Larceny | 1889.6(335) | 2069.3(377) | 1786.2(323) | 1759.1(319) | 1558.4(282) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 276.4(49) | 159.2(29) | 165.9(30) | 220.6(40) | 182.4(33) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the McAlester, 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 McAlester 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 McAlester calculated?
- McAlester'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 McAlester 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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