Oklahoma City, OK Crime Rate & Safety

FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City, OK — reporting population 709,456 in 2024 — recorded 4,796 violent crimes and 20,528 property crimes in the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's Table 8 city-level submissions. The city's violent crime rate works out to 676 per 100,000 residents, while the property crime rate reaches 2893.5 per 100,000. Combining those two rates against national benchmarks yields a composite safety grade of F (High Risk), scoring 0 out of 100.

Within the violent crime count, aggravated assault accounted for 3,499 incidents, robbery 707, murder 73, and rape 517 in 2024. Property crime splits into larceny-theft (13,840), burglary (4,133), motor vehicle theft (2,555), and arson (120). Larceny-theft and other property offenses typically dominate city crime counts, and larceny-theft leads Oklahoma City's mix at 54.7% of all Part I offenses.

Against the national violent crime average, Oklahoma City runs 858% above the US benchmark, and 58% above the Oklahoma statewide rate. Translated to per-capita risk, the 2024 figures imply roughly a 1 in 28 statistical chance of being named in a crime report that year, narrowing to 1 in 148 for a violent offense. UCR figures reflect offenses reported to and submitted by local law enforcement and may undercount unreported crime.