Photo: katsrcool · CC BY 2.0Per resident, El Reno records more violent crime than 60% of U.S. towns
The yearly rates were 2.1 violent crimes and 13.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 4.7 and 22.6 in the rest of Oklahoma. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 26% from 2023 to 2025. El Reno grades C+ for safety overall (#41 of 124 graded towns in Oklahoma): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 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 El Reno
Among Oklahoma towns, closer to the middle
Oklahoma’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so El Reno’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 67% of the 124 Oklahoma towns we grade, against 43% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 El Reno’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) 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. Its property rate (13.0) 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | El Reno property | Rest of Oklahoma property | El Reno violent | Rest of Oklahoma violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.3 | 26.3 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 14.8 | 24.4 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 13.6 | 22.8 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 10.7 | 20.7 | 2.0 | 4.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | El Reno | Rest of Oklahoma | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
El Reno’s police reported 129 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Oklahoma and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in El Reno per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
265 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
41 violent and 224 property, as reported to the FBI by El Reno’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on El Reno’s roads in 2019–2023
El Reno had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (4 of 7) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 El Reno’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so El Reno’s own rate (7.5) 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.
El Reno and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Reno | C+ | 2.1 | 13.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Oklahoma towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Reno | C+ | 2.1 | 13.0 |
| Bethany | C+ | 2.1 | 15.6 |
| Claremore | C | 2.6 | 20.2 |
| Sand Springs | C− | 2.1 | 27.8 |
| Durant | C− | 3.1 | 27.5 |
| Del City | D | 5.7 | 34.8 |
The five graded Oklahoma towns closest to El Reno’s population (20,730), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 El Reno. 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 El Reno’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,843 in 2025); our figure for El Reno is 20,730 (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 El Reno
Is El Reno, OK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, El Reno reports more crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #41 of 124 in Oklahoma. Its police reported 2.1 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 El Reno?
2.1 violent and 13.0 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.
Who polices El Reno?
El Reno’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “El Reno”. 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.