Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ponca City, OK Crime Grade
How Ponca 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oklahoma
8/10
vs. Oklahoma cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ponca City, OK was 471.1 per 100,000 residents (114 incidents over a population of 24,200). That puts Ponca City 45% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 16% above the Oklahoma statewide rate of 405.9.
That ranks Ponca City #3,221 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 15% of them, and #34 of 43 in Oklahoma. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and down 49% over the last five years.
Ponca City, OK crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Oklahoma Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 471.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,221 of 3,771
- OK rank
- #34 of 43
- Safer than
- 15% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- down 49%
- Population
- 24,200
- Reporting agency
- Ponca City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ponca City Police Department (FBI ORI OK0360300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ponca City, OK
Also known as
- Ponka
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. Ponca City (red), Oklahoma (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ponca 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 | 918.2(214) | 641.2(157) | 542.6(132) | 597.1(145) | 471.1(114) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.1(1) | 8.2(2) | 8.2(2) | 8.3(2) |
| Rape | 128.7(30) | 89.8(22) | 152.1(37) | 98.8(24) | 103.3(25) |
| Robbery | 60.1(14) | 28.6(7) | 24.7(6) | 41.2(10) | 28.9(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 729.4(170) | 518.6(127) | 357.6(87) | 448.8(109) | 330.6(80) |
| Property crime | 3655.6(852) | 3189.4(781) | 3152.7(767) | 2524.1(613) | 1661.2(402) |
| Burglary | 905.3(211) | 718.7(176) | 711.1(173) | 584.7(142) | 334.7(81) |
| Larceny | 2372.7(553) | 2062.3(505) | 2055.2(500) | 1626.5(395) | 1128.1(273) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 351.8(82) | 367.5(90) | 361.7(88) | 292.3(71) | 186.0(45) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ponca 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 Ponca 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 Ponca City calculated?
- Ponca 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 Ponca 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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