Fort Gibson · Photo: Fred Q. Casler, Photographer · Public domainViolent crime per resident is higher in Fort Gibson than in 82% of U.S. towns
For every 1,000 residents, 4.0 violent crimes and 9.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Oklahoma, the figures are 4.7 and 22.6. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Fort Gibson at C+ (#55 of 124 graded towns in Oklahoma): more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns.
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 Fort Gibson
Fort Gibson reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Oklahoma towns on Fort Gibson’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Muskogee (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Oklahoma towns, closer to the middle
Oklahoma’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Fort Gibson’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 56% of the 124 Oklahoma towns we grade, against 35% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Fort Gibson’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Fort Gibson’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down.
Crime in Fort Gibson 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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Fort Gibson | Rest of Oklahoma | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fort Gibson’s police reported 46 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Oklahoma and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Fort Gibson property | Rest of Oklahoma property | Fort Gibson violent | Rest of Oklahoma violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.6 | 26.2 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 8.7 | 24.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 22.7 | 2.6 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 10.2 | 20.7 | 4.7 | 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.
57 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.
18 violent and 39 property, as reported to the FBI by Fort Gibson’s police.
No one died in a crash on Fort Gibson’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Oklahoma towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fort Gibson’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fort Gibson’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Fort Gibson and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Gibson | C+ | 4.0 | 9.6 |
| Muskogee | D− | 9.6 | 32.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Oklahoma towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Gibson | C+ | 4.0 | 9.6 |
| Elgin | A+ | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Nichols Hills | B+ | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| Nowata | C | 3.6 | 16.5 |
| Spencer | C | 4.2 | 14.7 |
| Stilwell | D | 6.7 | 30.9 |
The five graded Oklahoma towns closest to Fort Gibson’s population (3,814), 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 Fort Gibson. 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 Fort Gibson’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,815 in 2025); our figure for Fort Gibson is 3,814 (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 Fort Gibson
Is Fort Gibson, OK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fort Gibson reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #55 of 124 in Oklahoma. Its police reported 4.0 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 Fort Gibson?
4.0 violent and 9.6 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 Fort Gibson safer than Muskogee?
Muskogee reports more crime per resident than Fort Gibson: Muskogee grades D− for safety and Fort Gibson C+. Muskogee’s police reported 9.6 violent and 32.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fort Gibson?
Fort Gibson’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fort Gibson”. 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.