Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Reported crime per resident in Catoosa fell 41% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Catoosa grades C for safety (#63 of 124 graded towns in Oklahoma): more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OK” is every other Oklahoma city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Catoosa
Catoosa reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Oklahoma towns on Catoosa’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Tulsa (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Oklahoma towns, closer to the middle
Oklahoma’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Catoosa’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 49% of the 124 Oklahoma towns we grade, against 30% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Catoosa has 11,090 jobs based in town for 7,471 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Catoosa’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (16.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Oklahoma.
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| Year | Catoosa property | Rest of Oklahoma property | Catoosa violent | Rest of Oklahoma violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.0 | 26.2 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 23.2 | 24.4 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 15.4 | 22.7 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 12.0 | 20.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 12 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Catoosa’s police reported 64 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Oklahoma and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Catoosa | Rest of Oklahoma | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
116 crimes reported in 2025
26 violent and 90 property, as reported to the FBI by Catoosa’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Five people died in crashes on Catoosa’s roads in 2019–2023
Catoosa had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Oklahoma towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (9.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Catoosa’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Catoosa’s own rate (13.3) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Catoosa and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Catoosa. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Catoosa’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,519 in 2025); our figure for Catoosa is 7,471 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Catoosa
Is Catoosa, OK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Catoosa reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #63 of 124 in Oklahoma. Its police reported 2.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Oklahoma and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Catoosa?
2.8 violent and 16.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oklahoma reports 4.7 and 22.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Catoosa?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Catoosa safer than Tulsa?
Tulsa reports more crime per resident than Catoosa: Tulsa grades D− for safety and Catoosa C. Tulsa’s police reported 8.9 violent and 36.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Catoosa?
Catoosa’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Catoosa”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.