Walters, OK carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 27% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Walters, OK shows violent crime at 256.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,452.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 27% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
256.3/100K violent
1452.4/100K property
-27% vs U.S.
The verdict
Walters earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 27% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-27%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
36th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,452.4
property crimes per 100K
Based on 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,341. 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.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Walters, OK
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Walters reported 6 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,341. 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
Walters's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oklahoma cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Walters's 256.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are The Village (258.0), Norman (260.2), Tecumseh (252.2), Fort Gibson (260.6). 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 47.1% of reported property offenses in Walters, against a cohort median of 66.1%. The remainder is burglary (10) and motor vehicle theft (8). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Walters sits mid-pack among comparable Oklahoma cities
At 256.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Walters ranks 127 of 300 — above 173 of the 299 other Oklahoma cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +20.7% 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 counts dominate Walters'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 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,341. 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.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+21.3%
211.3 → 256.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-23.6%
1901.9 → 1452.4/100K
Property offenses lead Walters's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OK
Property Crime
34
1452.4
2008.3
Larceny-Theft
16
683.5
-
Burglary
10
427.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
8
341.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
6
256.3
427.9
Aggravated Assault
6
256.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Walters Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Walters property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,452.4/100K↓23.6%vs 2023
Walters violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
256.3/100K↑21.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
2,334
0
1499.6
35
2021
Comparable
2,336
42.8
1712.3
41
2022
Comparable
2,361
254.1
1990.7
53
2023
Comparable
2,366
211.3
1901.9
50
2024
Comparable
2,341
256.3
1452.4
40
How Walters sits among OK peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Walters Police Department NIBRS-participating
Walters's crime figures on this page originate from Walters Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Walters in population. Their populations run from 2,185 to 2,471, against 2,341 here. Or use our
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These Oklahoma cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Walters's 256.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Walters has a violent crime rate of 256.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1452.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Walters, OK safe? ▼
Walters receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 62/100. The violent crime rate is 27% below the national average and 40% below the Oklahoma average.
What is the population of Walters, OK? ▼
The reporting population for Walters is 2,341 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Walters? ▼
In 2024, Walters reported 6 violent crimes and 34 property crimes, for a total of 40 reported offenses.
How do Walters's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Walters recorded about one reported offense per 59 residents and one reported violent offense per 390 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Walters? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Walters's violent crime rate increased by 21.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.6%.
What is the most common crime in Walters? ▼
The most common crime type in Walters is larceny-theft, accounting for 40.0% of all reported crimes (16 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Walters'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 Walters, OK rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.