Hedlund Motor Company Building · Photo: Crimsonedge34 · CC BY-SA 3.0Elk City sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.9 violent crimes and 10.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 4.7 and 22.6 in the rest of Oklahoma. Overall, Elk City grades B− for safety (#27 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 Elk City
Among Oklahoma towns, higher
Oklahoma’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Elk City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 78% of the 124 Oklahoma towns we grade, against 50% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Elk City’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Elk City’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.9) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Elk City | Rest of Oklahoma | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Elk City’s police reported 65 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 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 Elk City 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Elk City property | Rest of Oklahoma property | Elk City violent | Rest of Oklahoma violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.5 | 26.3 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 12.3 | 24.4 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 10.4 | 22.8 | 2.2 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 9.5 | 20.7 | 1.5 | 4.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Oklahoma.
125 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.
17 violent and 108 property, as reported to the FBI by Elk City’s police.
One person died in crashes on Elk City’s roads in 2019–2023
Elk City had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is fewer than 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 Elk City’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Elk City’s own rate (1.8) 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.
Elk City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk City | B− | 1.9 | 10.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Oklahoma towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk City | B− | 1.9 | 10.7 |
| Weatherford | A− | 0.5 | 6.2 |
| Coweta | B | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| Woodward | C | 3.5 | 15.0 |
| Okmulgee | D | 5.3 | 32.0 |
| Warr Acres | D | 3.6 | 36.4 |
The five graded Oklahoma towns closest to Elk City’s population (11,335), 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 Elk City. 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 Elk City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,349 in 2025); our figure for Elk City is 11,335 (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 Elk City
Is Elk City, OK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Elk City reports less crime per resident than 50% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #27 of 124 in Oklahoma. Its police reported 1.9 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 Elk City?
1.9 violent and 10.7 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 Elk City?
Elk City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Elk City”. 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.