What is the crime rate in Lawton, OK?

In 2025, the Lawton Police Department reported 692 violent crimes and 2,113 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 769 violent and 2,349 property crimes per 100,000 of the 89,942 residents it serves.

Across Oklahoma the rates were 412 and 1,840.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 769
Property per 100,000: 2,349
Violent crimes: 692
Property crimes: 2,113

Crime reported by the Lawton Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	724	786	2,331	2,530	92,137
2024	749	830	2,449	2,715	90,209
2025	692	769	2,113	2,349	89,942

Violent crimes reported went from 724 in 2023 to 692 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,331 in 2023 to 2,113 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Lawton against Oklahoma and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lawton	769	2,349
Comanche County	592	1,829
Oklahoma	412	1,840
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Lawton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lawton	—	769	2,349
Geronimo	9.5 mi	0	689
Cache	11 mi	185	679
Elgin	14 mi	28	28
Fletcher	18 mi	714	238
Walters	18 mi	337	1,094
Apache	19 mi	200	1,798
Marlow	26 mi	176	970
Duncan	28 mi	356	1,781

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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