Photo: TulGuy · CC BY 4.0Property crime per resident is higher in Sand Springs than in 89% of U.S. towns
Annual rates stand at 2.1 violent crimes and 27.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 4.7 and 22.5 in the rest of Oklahoma. Sand Springs grades C− for safety overall (#86 of 124 graded towns in Oklahoma): more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 48% 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 Sand Springs
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Oklahoma towns on Sand Springs’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Mannford (A−), Sapulpa (C+), Sperry (C−), Tulsa (D−). Oakhurst is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
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 Sand Springs’ 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 (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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Sand Springs property | Rest of Oklahoma property | Sand Springs violent | Rest of Oklahoma violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39.4 | 26.1 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 37.2 | 24.3 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 27.6 | 22.7 | 2.4 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 18.8 | 20.7 | 1.8 | 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 | Sand Springs | Rest of Oklahoma | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Sand Springs’ police reported 128 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 Sand Springs 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.
420 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.
36 violent and 384 property, as reported to the FBI by Sand Springs’ police.
11 people died in crashes on Sand Springs’s roads in 2019–2023
Sand Springs had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 10.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Oklahoma towns of 5,000–25,000 people (9.0, 58 towns).
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.
Sand Springs and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Oakhurst is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Oklahoma towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Springs | C− | 2.1 | 27.8 |
| El Reno | C+ | 2.1 | 13.0 |
| Bethany | C+ | 2.1 | 15.6 |
| Claremore | C | 2.6 | 20.2 |
| Durant | C− | 3.1 | 27.5 |
| Del City | D | 5.7 | 34.8 |
The five graded Oklahoma towns closest to Sand Springs’ population (20,397), 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 Sand Springs. 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 Sand Springs’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,427 in 2025); our figure for Sand Springs is 20,397 (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 Sand Springs
Is Sand Springs, OK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sand Springs reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #86 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 Sand Springs?
2.1 violent and 27.8 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 Sand Springs safer than Sperry?
Sperry reports more crime per resident than Sand Springs: Sperry grades C− for safety and Sand Springs C−. Sperry’s police reported 4.8 violent and 17.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Sand Springs?
Sand Springs’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sand Springs”. 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.