Lawton crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Lawton for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Lawton in 2019 was higher than the
national violent crime rate average by 143.97% and the city property crime rate in Lawton was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 52.68%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Lawton was higher than the
violent crime rate in Oklahoma by 114.38% and the city property crime rate in Lawton was higher than the
property crime rate in Oklahoma by 13.22%.