The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Fort Sill, OK
Fort Sill is a city of 11,400 in Comanche County, about 4 miles north of downtown Lawton · Updated November 2026
Is Fort Sill, OK safe?
Yes, crime in Fort Sill is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Fort Sill sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 49% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 831 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Fort Sill as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fort Sill scores 831.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Sill, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Fort Sill
One weak spot: burglary. It grades B in Fort Sill, worse than in the neighborhoods where 83% of Americans live, against A for property crime as a whole.
Thefts and acts of vandalism both run low. In Fort Sill, each runs at less than half the US rate: 5.0 thefts and 2.4 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Fort Sill
Every part of Fort Sill where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Fort Sill run from A to B+; 38% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Fort Sill, the north side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Fort Sill?
Reported crime in Fort Sill has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 10% and property crime down 17%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 9.2 to 8.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 32 to 27 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Fort SillUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Fort Sill. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Fort Sill
Violent, US
Property, Fort Sill
Property, US
2016
-9%
+4%
+24%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
+21%
+12%
2018
-2%
+0%
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
+4%
-28%
-8%
2021
-22%
+6%
-36%
-10%
2022
-6%
+5%
-26%
-6%
2023
-13%
+2%
-21%
-7%
2024
-10%
-4%
-17%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Fort Sill
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Sill has about 19 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 48% less than the US as a whole and 54% less than Oklahoma.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Fort Sill, about 34% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Fort Sill
The Lawton Police Department polices Fort Sill; these figures cover Lawton as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Lawton as a whole, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 61% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (57%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (61%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (60%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (38%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Fort Sill compares with nearby cities
Fort Sill has more crime than 5 of its 6 nearest cities. Geronimo and Fletcher have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Fort Sill apart: it has 8.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 3.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.8.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.3.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 95% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 97% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (6 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 89% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Fort Sill: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.29% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 67% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Fort Sill
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Fort Sill about $2,114 a year per household, 75% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $18 million a year, or $1,548 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.2 million
$109
Rape
$730,000
$65
Robbery
$66,000
$6
Assault
$960,000
$84
Burglary
$320,000
$29
Theft
$290,000
$26
Vehicle theft
$150,000
$13
Arson
$28,000
$2
Vandalism
$190,000
$17
Total
$4.0 million
$351
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Fort Sill means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Fort Sill is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Fort Sill, OK average a SchoolGrade of C-: 23% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Fort Sill on SchoolGrade
