Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Oklahoma City, OK Crime Grade
How Oklahoma 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oklahoma
9/10
vs. Oklahoma cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Oklahoma City, OK was 678.2 per 100,000 residents (4,887 incidents over a population of 720,580). That puts Oklahoma City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 67% above the Oklahoma statewide rate of 405.9.
That ranks Oklahoma City #3,498 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 7% of them, and #38 of 43 in Oklahoma. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and up 4% over the last five years.
Oklahoma City, OK crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Oklahoma Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 678.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,498 of 3,771
- OK rank
- #38 of 43
- Safer than
- 7% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- up 4%
- Population
- 720,580
- Reporting agency
- Oklahoma City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oklahoma City Police Department (FBI ORI OK0550600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Oklahoma City, OK
Also known as
- Oklahoma Station
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. Oklahoma City (red), Oklahoma (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oklahoma 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 | 650.5(4,364) | 653.9(4,530) | 654.7(4,588) | 684.3(4,855) | 678.2(4,887) |
| Murder | 12.4(83) | 10.1(70) | 9.4(66) | 10.7(76) | 9.4(68) |
| Rape | 86.6(581) | 78.5(544) | 76.3(535) | 77.2(548) | 67.2(484) |
| Robbery | 96.4(647) | 93.5(648) | 89.5(627) | 100.5(713) | 81.2(585) |
| Aggravated assault | 455.1(3,053) | 471.8(3,268) | 479.5(3,360) | 495.9(3,518) | 520.4(3,750) |
| Property crime | 3867.5(25,946) | 3110.5(21,547) | 3001.4(21,033) | 2927.6(20,770) | 2648.6(19,085) |
| Burglary | 966.8(6,486) | 570.9(3,955) | 577.7(4,048) | 586.9(4,164) | 537.8(3,875) |
| Larceny | 2359.9(15,832) | 2092.0(14,492) | 1997.4(13,997) | 1961.8(13,918) | 1789.5(12,895) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 523.8(3,514) | 428.7(2,970) | 408.8(2,865) | 361.8(2,567) | 302.3(2,178) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma City calculated?
- Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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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