What is the crime rate in Ponca City, OK?

In 2025, the Ponca City Police Department reported 121 violent crimes and 406 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 500 violent and 1,678 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,200 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: 500
Property per 100,000: 1,678
Violent crimes: 121
Property crimes: 406

Crime reported by the Ponca City 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	132	543	767	3,153	24,328
2024	146	601	613	2,524	24,286
2025	121	500	406	1,678	24,200

Violent crimes reported went from 132 in 2023 to 121 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 767 in 2023 to 406 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.

Ponca City against Oklahoma and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Ponca City	500	1,678
Kay County	397	1,606
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 Ponca City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Ponca City	—	500	1,678
Newkirk	11 mi	178	624
Blackwell	14 mi	366	2,266
Tonkawa	14 mi	201	1,141
Fairfax	23 mi	0	2,372
Arkansas City	24 mi	444	2,357

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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