Crescent, OK is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 59% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Crescent, OK shows violent crime at 143.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 501.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 59% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
143.2/100K violent
501.1/100K property
-59% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Crescent, OK
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 63.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 143.2 in 2024 (+125.8%). The highest observed value was 145.6 in 2023 and the lowest 62.7 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Crescent reported 2 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,397. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Crescent's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oklahoma cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Crescent's 143.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Waynoka (143.9), Wellston (143.9), Comanche (141.5), Alva (140.9). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Crescent sits mid-pack among comparable Oklahoma cities
At 143.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Crescent ranks 197 of 300 — above 103 of the 299 other Oklahoma cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -32.9% against the cohort median of 213.2. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 22.2% of the 9 Part I offenses reported in Crescent for 2024, against a median of 15.0% across comparable Oklahoma cities — a gap of 7.2 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Crescent's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 2 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,397. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Crescent's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 1.1 Census sq mi, Crescent logged 6.3 property and 1.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Crescent leans on larceny-theft at 56% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,827.
Violent offenses are 22% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (1.1 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-13.9%
582.2 → 501.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-1.6%
145.6 → 143.2/100K
Property offenses lead Crescent's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OK
vs US avg
Property Crime
7
501.1
2008.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
5
357.9
-
-
Burglary
1
71.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
71.6
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
2
143.2
427.9
352
Aggravated Assault
2
143.2
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Rape
0
0
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Crescent Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Crescent property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
501.1/100K↓13.9%vs 2023
Crescent violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
143.2/100K↓1.6%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,577
63.4
443.9
8
2021
Comparable
1,596
62.7
438.6
8
2022
Comparable
1,355
73.8
369
6
2023
Comparable
1,374
145.6
582.2
10
2024
Comparable
1,397
143.2
501.1
9
Crescent Police Department
Reporting agency for Crescent NIBRS-participating
Crescent Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Crescent's 9 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Oklahoma
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Oklahoma cities closest to Crescent in population. Their populations run from 1,358 to 1,433, against 1,397 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Crescent reported 2 violent crimes and 7 property crimes, for a total of 9 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Crescent?
From 2023 to 2024, Crescent's violent crime rate decreased by 1.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 13.9%.
What is the most common crime in Crescent?
The most common crime type in Crescent is larceny-theft, accounting for 55.6% of all reported crimes (5 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Crescent's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Crescent, OK rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.