Wewoka, OK carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 39% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Wewoka, OK shows violent crime at 488.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 553.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 39% 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
488.8/100K violent
553.9/100K property
+39% vs U.S.
The verdict
Wewoka earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 39% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
+39%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
14th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
553.9
property crimes per 100K
Based on 15 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,069. 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 Wewoka, OK
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 46.9% of the 32 Part I offenses reported in Wewoka for 2024, against a median of 15.0% across comparable Oklahoma cities — a gap of 31.9 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.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Wewoka reported 15 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,069. 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
Wewoka's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oklahoma cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Wewoka's 488.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ninnekah (490.8), Bokchito (495.0), Warner (496.9), Westville (498.2). 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
Wewoka reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Oklahoma cities
At 488.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Wewoka ranks 51 of 300 — above 249 of the 299 other Oklahoma cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +130.1% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 343.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 488.8 in 2024 (+42.3%). The highest observed value was 488.8 in 2024 and the lowest 93.8 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 76.5% of reported property offenses in Wewoka, against a cohort median of 66.1%. The remainder is burglary (1) and motor vehicle theft (3). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Wewoka's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row keeps violent and property totals in a closer balance. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 15 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,069. 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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+111.8%
230.8 → 488.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-65%
1582.6 → 553.9/100K
Wewoka's 2024 offense mix (violent and property)
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
17
553.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
13
423.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
97.8
-
Burglary
1
32.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
15
488.8
352
Aggravated Assault
15
488.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Wewoka Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Wewoka violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
488.8/100K↑111.8%vs 2023
Wewoka property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
553.9/100K↓65%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,202
343.5
2935.7
105
2021
Comparable
3,198
93.8
2313.9
77
2022
Comparable
3,077
357.5
1332.5
52
2023
Comparable
3,033
230.8
1582.6
55
2024
Comparable
3,069
488.8
553.9
32
How Wewoka sits among OK peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Wewoka Police Department NIBRS-participating
Wewoka's crime figures on this page originate from Wewoka 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 Wewoka in population. Their populations run from 2,946 to 3,104, against 3,069 here. Or use our
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These Oklahoma cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Wewoka's 488.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Wewoka has a violent crime rate of 488.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 553.9 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Wewoka, OK safe? ▼
Wewoka receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 47/100. The violent crime rate is 39% above the national average and 14% above the Oklahoma average.
What is the population of Wewoka, OK? ▼
The reporting population for Wewoka is 3,069 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Wewoka? ▼
In 2024, Wewoka reported 15 violent crimes and 17 property crimes, for a total of 32 reported offenses.
How do Wewoka's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Wewoka recorded about one reported offense per 96 residents and one reported violent offense per 205 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Wewoka? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Wewoka's violent crime rate increased by 111.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 65%.
What is the most common crime in Wewoka? ▼
The most common crime type in Wewoka is aggravated assault, accounting for 46.9% of all reported crimes (15 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Wewoka is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Wewoka, OK rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.