Photo: Smallboy944 · CC BY-SA 4.0Property crime per resident is higher in Pauls Valley than in 84% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 32% from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, the local count comes to 3.8 violent crimes and 24.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 4.7 and 22.6 in the rest of Oklahoma. The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crimes Pauls Valley’s police reported through 2023 to 2025: #97 of 124 graded towns in Oklahoma.
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 Pauls Valley
A job center
Pauls Valley has 3,925 jobs based in town for 6,157 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 Pauls Valley’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Pauls Valley property | Rest of Oklahoma property | Pauls Valley violent | Rest of Oklahoma violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42.5 | 26.2 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 30.5 | 24.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 19.6 | 20.7 | 4.2 | 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.
Crime in Pauls Valley 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 4 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 | Pauls Valley | Rest of Oklahoma | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pauls Valley’s police reported 69 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Oklahoma and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
146 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.
26 violent and 120 property, as reported to the FBI by Pauls Valley’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Pauls Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Pauls Valley had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
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 Pauls Valley’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pauls Valley’s own rate (6.6) 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.
Pauls Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauls Valley | C− | 3.8 | 24.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Oklahoma towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauls Valley | C− | 3.8 | 24.3 |
| Verdigris | A− | 0.6 | 4.8 |
| Henryetta | C+ | 2.6 | 12.7 |
| Tecumseh | C− | 3.5 | 18.4 |
| Holdenville | C− | 3.0 | 21.1 |
| Blackwell | C− | 3.8 | 20.4 |
The five graded Oklahoma towns closest to Pauls Valley’s population (6,157), 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 Pauls Valley. 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 Pauls Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,130 in 2025); our figure for Pauls Valley is 6,157 (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 Pauls Valley
Is Pauls Valley, OK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pauls Valley reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #97 of 124 in Oklahoma. Its police reported 3.8 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 Pauls Valley?
3.8 violent and 24.3 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 Pauls Valley?
Pauls Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pauls Valley”. 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.