McAlester, OK carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 5% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, McAlester, OK shows violent crime at 369.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,371.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 5% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
369.5/100K violent
2371.2/100K property
+5% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for McAlester, OK
Comparable rate records
McAlester's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oklahoma cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to McAlester's 369.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Seminole (369.5), Bartlesville (367.6), Hartshorne (372.5), McLoud (375.3). 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
McAlester sits mid-pack among comparable Oklahoma cities
At 369.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, McAlester ranks 76 of 300 — above 224 of the 299 other Oklahoma cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +73.9% against the cohort median of 212.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 74.4% of reported property offenses in McAlester, against a cohort median of 66.1%. The remainder is burglary (72) and motor vehicle theft (38). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 349.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 369.5 in 2024 (+5.8%). The highest observed value was 369.5 in 2024 and the lowest 271.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate McAlester'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
McAlester's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 17.8 Census sq mi, McAlester logged 24.2 property and 3.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
McAlester's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 497 offenses; mix index 4,535).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (17.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+36.3%
271 → 369.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-1.4%
2405.6 → 2371.2/100K
Property offenses lead McAlester's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
430
2371.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
320
1764.6
-
Burglary
72
397
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
38
209.6
-
Arson
1
5.5
-
Violent Crime
67
369.5
352
Aggravated Assault
54
297.8
-
Robbery
7
38.6
-
Rape
5
27.6
-
Murder
1
5.5
-
McAlester Crime Trend (2020-2024)
McAlester property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
McAlester Police Department
Reporting agency for McAlester NIBRS-participating
McAlester Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind McAlester's 497 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 McAlester in population. Their populations run from 16,655 to 20,645, against 18,134 here. Or use our
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In 2024, McAlester reported 67 violent crimes and 430 property crimes, for a total of 497 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in McAlester?
From 2023 to 2024, McAlester's violent crime rate increased by 36.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 1.4%.
What is the most common crime in McAlester?
The most common crime type in McAlester is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.4% of all reported crimes (320 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: McAlester figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 McAlester, OK rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.