What is the crime rate in Poteau, OK?

In 2025, the Poteau Police Department reported 55 violent crimes and 194 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 599 violent and 2,112 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,185 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: 599
Property per 100,000: 2,112
Violent crimes: 55
Property crimes: 194

Crime reported by the Poteau 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	35	388	343	3,799	9,029
2024	28	306	273	2,980	9,161
2025	55	599	194	2,112	9,185

Violent crimes reported went from 35 in 2023 to 55 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 343 in 2023 to 194 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.

Poteau against Oklahoma and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Poteau	599	2,112
Le Flore County	273	908
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 Poteau, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Poteau	—	599	2,112
Shady Point	5.3 mi	0	199
Panama	7.9 mi	77	536
Wister	9.2 mi	187	1,685
Spiro	12 mi	180	947
Heavener	12 mi	195	748
Mansfield	21 mi	469	1,031
Greenwood	23 mi	174	215
Muldrow	23 mi	916	2,217

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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