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C−
Safety in Durant · FBI data, 2023–2025

Durant reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns

On crimes reported to the FBI by Durant’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #100 of 124 graded towns in Oklahoma.

Violent crime
3.1
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of OK (4.7)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 3.6
Property crime
27.5
per 1,000 a year · Above rest of OK (22.5)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 17.6
Crimes reported
1,907
192 violent · 1,715 property
2023–2025
Trend
▼ Falling
2023 to 2025
beyond ordinary swings

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 · In brief

What stands out about safety in Durant

1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime

Of the 1 Oklahoma towns on Durant’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Calera (C+). Neighbors ↓

A job center

Durant has 15,616 jobs based in town for 21,552 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.

Safety Grade

What’s behind Durant’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 (3.1) 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.

Where Durant sits
C Violent 3.1D Property 27.5
All U.S. towns we grade (7,426)Less crime than 16%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Oklahoma towns we grade (124)Less crime than 19% · #100 of 124
Places of 5,000–25,000 people (3,282)Less crime than 15%
A firm grade. Built on 1,907 reported crimes over three years; ordinary year-to-year swings wouldn’t change the letter.

How TownRatings grades safety →

Trend

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.

Show as a table
YearDurant propertyRest of Oklahoma propertyDurant violentRest of Oklahoma violent
202229.426.23.04.8
202330.624.32.84.7
202431.122.62.74.9
202521.020.73.74.6

Crimes per 1,000 residents

1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 21 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.

Property crime (21)Violent crime (3.7)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Durant3.7
Rest of OK4.6
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Durant21.0
Rest of OK20.7
U.S. (FBI)15.5

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

Violent crime, by year and by type

Durant’s police reported 192 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Oklahoma and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.

What gets reported

530 crimes reported in 2025

79 violent and 451 property, as reported to the FBI by Durant’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft325
Burglary95
Vehicle theft31
Aggravated assault48
Robbery1
Rape29
Homicide1
Arson3
79
violent crimes
451
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

On the roads

18 people died in crashes on Durant’s roads in 2019–2023

Durant had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 4 were pedestrians.

That is 18.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Oklahoma towns of 5,000–25,000 people (9.0, 58 towns).

18
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
4
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
18.2
per 100,000 a year · Oklahoma towns of 5,000–25,000: 9.0

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.

Next door

Durant and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
DurantC−3.127.5
CaleraC+2.312.6

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Oklahoma towns of a similar size

TownGradeViolentProperty
DurantC−3.127.5
El RenoC+2.113.0
BethanyC+2.115.6
ClaremoreC2.620.2
Sand SpringsC−2.127.8
Del CityD5.734.8

The five graded Oklahoma towns closest to Durant’s population (21,552), by grade.

How to read these numbers

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 Durant. 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 Durant’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,494 in 2025); our figure for Durant is 21,552 (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 Durant

Is Durant, OK safe?

On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Durant reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #100 of 124 in Oklahoma. Its police reported 3.1 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 Durant?

3.1 violent and 27.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oklahoma reports 4.7 and 22.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.

Is crime going up or down in Durant?

Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.

Is Durant safer than Calera?

Calera reports less crime per resident than Durant: Calera grades C+ for safety and Durant C−. Calera’s police reported 2.3 violent and 12.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Who polices Durant?

Durant’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Durant”. 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.