Elk City, OK Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Elk City, OK Summary

Crime in Elk City research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Elk City over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Elk City:

  • There were 141 total crimes committed in Elk City in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,258.8 total crimes per 100K people in Elk City.
  • The overall crime rate in Elk City is -40.60% below the national average.
  • Elk City ranks #145 safest out of 313 cities in Oklahoma.
  • Elk City ranks #5,330 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Elk City Vs Oklahoma And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Elk City is 1,258.8 per 100,000 people. That's -40.60% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -47.56% lower than the Oklahoma total crime rate of 2,400.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Elk City
/ 100k People
Oklahoma
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 141 1,258.8 2,400.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 8.9 6.3 5.0
Robbery 2 17.9 38.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 14 125.0 318.7 256.0
Violent Crime 25 223.2 422.8 359.0
Burglary 31 276.8 411.4 229.0
Larceny 79 705.3 1,343.7 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 53.6 222.6 259.0
Property Crime 116 1,035.6 1,977.7 1,760.0

Elk City Crime Compared To Oklahoma Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Oklahoma.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Elk City

25
Violent Crimes
223.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-37.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 25 violent crimes in Elk City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Elk City is 223.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 448.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Elk City each year. That compares to a 1 in 236.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -37.83% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.21% lower than the Oklahoma violent crime rate of 422.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Elk City

116
Property Crimes
1,035.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-41.16%
Below The National Average
  • There were 116 property crimes in Elk City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Elk City is 1,035.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 96.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Elk City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -41.16% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.64% lower than the Oklahoma property crime rate of 1,977.7 per 100,000 people.

Elk City SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
9.5
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